Atlas program

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The Atlas program was a series of American expendable launch systems and intercontinental ballistic missiles that played a key role in early U.S. space exploration and satellite launches.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf missile program ⓘ
rocket program ⓘ
configuration stage-and-a-half design ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developedBy Convair ⓘ
General Dynamics ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1957 ⓘ
firstOperationalRole ICBM ⓘ
fuel RP-1 kerosene ⓘ
influenced later U.S. launch vehicle design ⓘ
laterRole space launch vehicle ⓘ
launchedAstronaut John Glenn ⓘ
launchedMission Friendship 7 ⓘ
launchedPayloadType communication satellites ⓘ
reconnaissance satellites ⓘ
scientific satellites ⓘ
weather satellites ⓘ
launchedSpacecraft Mercury spacecraft ⓘ
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
notableAchievement placed first American in orbit ⓘ
notableFeature early backbone of U.S. orbital launch capability ⓘ
first operational U.S. ICBM ⓘ
notableVariant Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Atlas-Agena ⓘ
Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
partOf United States ICBM program ⓘ
United States space program ⓘ
propellantType liquid-fueled ⓘ
rocketFamily Atlas ⓘ
status continued as launch vehicle family ⓘ
retired as ICBM ⓘ
successor Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas V ⓘ
technologyType liquid-propellant rocket technology ⓘ
usedFor crewed spaceflight launch ⓘ
expendable launch system ⓘ
intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ
satellite launch ⓘ
usedInProgram Project Mercury ⓘ
linked to: Mercury program
usedUpperStage Agena upper stage ⓘ
Centaur upper stage ⓘ

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