Atlas II

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Atlas II was an American expendable launch vehicle family developed by General Dynamics and later Lockheed Martin, used primarily in the 1990s to launch commercial and military satellites into orbit.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atlas II canonical 14
Atlas IIAS 12
Atlas IIA 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American launch vehicle
expendable launch vehicle family
countryOfOrigin United States
developedBy General Dynamics
Lockheed Martin
familyVariant Atlas II
Atlas IIA
linked to: Atlas II

Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
launchCapability geosynchronous transfer orbit
low Earth orbit
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Vandenberg Air Force Base
manufacturer General Dynamics
Lockheed Martin
operationalPeriod 1990s
operator United States Air Force
commercial launch providers
predecessor Atlas I
linked to: Atlas
propellantType liquid propellant
propulsionType liquid-fueled rocket engines
rocketFamily Atlas rocket family
linked to: Atlas rocket
stageConfiguration two-stage launch vehicle
status retired
successor Atlas III
Atlas V
usedFor commercial satellite launches
launching satellites into orbit
military satellite launches
usedInProgram U.S. military space programs
commercial communications satellite programs

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

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

Atlas notableVariant Atlas II
Atlas familyIncludes Atlas II
Centaur usedOnLaunchVehicle Atlas II
SOHO launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
subject linked to: SOHO mission
linked to: Atlas II
Terra launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
subject linked to: Terra satellite
linked to: Atlas II
RP-1 usedIn Atlas II
Atlas V predecessor Atlas II
Atlas II familyVariant Atlas II
Atlas II familyVariant Atlas IIA
linked to: Atlas II
Atlas II familyVariant Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
Launch Pad 36B vehicleTypeSupported Atlas II family
linked to: Atlas II
Atlas III predecessor Atlas II
LC-36B usedRocket Atlas II
LC-36B usedRocket Atlas IIA
linked to: Atlas II
LC-36B usedRocket Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
LC-36 primaryLaunchVehicle Atlas II
Space Launch Complex 3 launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
Atlas ICBM successor Atlas II
SOHO launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
EELV predecessor Atlas II
BeppoSAX launchVehicle Atlas IIA
linked to: Atlas II
EOS AM-1 launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
ASTER launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
MISR launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
MOPITT launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer launchVehicle Atlas IIAS
linked to: Atlas II