Atlas-Agena

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Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system that combined an Atlas booster with an Agena upper stage, widely used during the early space age for military, scientific, and NASA missions including lunar and planetary probes.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Atlas-Agena canonical 7
Agena 1
Atlas LV-3 Agena-D 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system
orbital launch vehicle
boosterRole first stage
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designFeature guidance from Agena stage
restartable upper stage
developedFor United States civil space program
surface form: US space program
era early space age
launchCapability interplanetary trajectories
low Earth orbit
lunar transfer trajectories
launchConfiguration stacked booster and upper stage
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Vandenberg Space Force Base
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
launchVehicleType medium-lift launch vehicle
manufacturer Convair
notableMission Lunar Orbiter program
Mariner planetary probe missions
Ranger lunar probe program
early reconnaissance satellite launches
operatedBy NASA
United States Air Force
propellantType liquid-fueled
propulsion hypergolic propellants on Agena upper stage
liquid oxygen and RP-1 on Atlas booster
rocketFamily Agena Target Vehicle
surface form: Agena family

Atlas family
staging two-stage configuration
status retired
upperStageManufacturer Lockheed Aircraft Company
surface form: Lockheed
upperStageRole second stage
usedBy NASA
United States Air Force
usedFor Earth-orbit missions
NASA space missions
surface form: NASA missions

intelligence-gathering satellite launches
lunar probes
military missions
planetary probes
scientific missions
technology demonstration missions
usedInProgram Corona reconnaissance satellite program
Lunar Orbiter program
Mariner program
Junior Ranger Program
surface form: Ranger program
usesBooster Atlas rocket
usesUpperStage Atlas-Agena self-linksurface differs
surface form: Agena

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlas notableVariant Atlas-Agena
Atlas familyIncludes Atlas-Agena
Mariner 4 launchVehicle Atlas-Agena
this entity surface form: Atlas LV-3 Agena-D
Agena Target Vehicle launchVehicle Atlas-Agena
Atlas launch vehicle usedInProgram Atlas-Agena
this entity surface form: Atlas–Agena program
Atlas launch vehicle familyMember Atlas-Agena
this entity surface form: Atlas–Agena
Atlas-Agena usesUpperStage Atlas-Agena self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Agena
Lunar Orbiter program launchVehicle Atlas-Agena
this entity surface form: Atlas-Agena D