Atlas rocket

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The Atlas rocket was an American expendable launch vehicle originally developed as an intercontinental ballistic missile and later adapted to launch early crewed spacecraft, including NASA’s Mercury missions.

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Surface form Occurrences
Atlas rocket family 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle
intercontinental ballistic missile
configurationFeature balloon tank structure
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designFeature jettisonable booster engines with sustainer core
developedBy Convair NERFINISHED
developedFor United States Air Force NERFINISHED
era Cold War
family Atlas launch vehicle family NERFINISHED
firstFlight 1957
firstOperationalRole ICBM
fuel RP-1 kerosene
governingAgencyForMilitaryUse United States Air Force NERFINISHED
governingAgencyForSpaceUse NASA NERFINISHED
guidanceSystem inertial guidance
laterRole orbital launch vehicle
launchCapability low Earth orbit
launchedCrewedSpacecraft Aurora 7 NERFINISHED
Faith 7 NERFINISHED
Friendship 7 NERFINISHED
Project Mercury spacecraft
Sigma 7 NERFINISHED
launchedFrom Cape Canaveral Air Force Station NERFINISHED
Vandenberg Air Force Base NERFINISHED
launchesCrewed 4 Mercury orbital missions
manufacturer Convair Division of General Dynamics NERFINISHED
notableFeature first U.S. rocket to orbit a crewed spacecraft
first operational U.S. ICBM
notableMission Friendship 7 orbital flight of John Glenn NERFINISHED
first American orbital crewed spaceflight
oxidizer liquid oxygen
propellantType liquid-fueled
stagingType stage-and-a-half
status retired
successor Atlas-Agena NERFINISHED
Atlas-Centaur NERFINISHED
usedAs ICBM
space launch vehicle
usedBy NASA NERFINISHED
United States Air Force
usedFor commercial satellite launches
military missions
scientific missions
usedInProgram Project Mercury NERFINISHED
early U.S. reconnaissance satellite launches

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Mercury spacecraft launchVehicle Atlas rocket
POES launchVehicle Atlas rocket
Agena Target Vehicle launchVehicle Atlas rocket
Atlas II rocketFamily Atlas rocket
this entity surface form: Atlas rocket family
Atlas III family Atlas rocket
this entity surface form: Atlas rocket family
Atlas-Agena usesBooster Atlas rocket
Atlas ICBM family Atlas rocket
this entity surface form: Atlas rocket family