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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlas rocket family | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch vehicle
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intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ |
| configurationFeature | balloon tank structure ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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
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Faith 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Friendship 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Project Mercury spacecraft ⓘ Sigma 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchedFrom |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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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
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first operational U.S. ICBM ⓘ |
| notableMission |
Friendship 7 orbital flight of John Glenn
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first American orbital crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| propellantType | liquid-fueled ⓘ |
| stagingType | stage-and-a-half ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Atlas-Agena
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Atlas-Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ICBM
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space launch vehicle ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NASA
NERFINISHED
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United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial satellite launches
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military missions ⓘ scientific missions ⓘ |
| usedInProgram |
Project Mercury
NERFINISHED
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early U.S. reconnaissance satellite launches ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Atlas rocket family
this entity surface form:
Atlas rocket family