Atlas family
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The Atlas family is a series of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a Cold War ballistic missile and widely used for both military and civilian space missions.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designFeature |
balloon tank structure
ⓘ
stage-and-a-half configuration (early variants) ⓘ |
| developedDuring | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | SM-65 Atlas ballistic missile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1957 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Atlas D
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atlas E NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas F NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas II NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas III NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas LV-3B NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas V NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas-Agena NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas-Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ SM-65 Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vandenberg Space Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Convair
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
General Dynamics NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | first U.S. orbital crewed flights (Mercury-Atlas) ⓘ |
| notablePayload |
InSight lander
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juno spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Landsat satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariner probes NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ New Horizons spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ OSIRIS-REx spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Pioneer probes NERFINISHED ⓘ Surveyor spacecraft ⓘ TDRS satellites ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United Launch Alliance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ United States Space Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propellantType |
liquid oxygen / RP-1
ⓘ
liquid oxygen / liquid hydrogen ⓘ |
| status | partially retired ⓘ |
| successor | Vulcan Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
DoD missions
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NASA missions ⓘ civilian missions ⓘ commercial satellite launches ⓘ military missions ⓘ space launch ⓘ |
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