Atlas III

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Atlas III was an American expendable launch vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin as an intermediate step between the Atlas II and Atlas V rockets, featuring a Russian RD-180 engine and used primarily for commercial and military satellite launches in the early 2000s.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atlas III canonical 18
Atlas III heritage 1
Atlas IIIA 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
configurationVariant Atlas IIIA ⓘ
linked to: Atlas III

Atlas IIIB ⓘ
linked to: Atlas III
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developer Lockheed Martin ⓘ
enteredService 2000 ⓘ
family Atlas rocket family ⓘ
linked to: Atlas rocket
firstFlightDate 2000-05-24 ⓘ
firstLaunchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36B ⓘ
firstStageEngine RD-180 ⓘ
firstStageEngineCycle staged combustion ⓘ
firstStageEngineManufacturer NPO Energomash ⓘ
firstStageEngineOrigin Russia ⓘ
firstStageFuel RP-1 kerosene ⓘ
firstStageOxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
lastFlightDate 2005-02-03 ⓘ
lastLaunchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36B ⓘ
launchesSuccessful 6 ⓘ
launchesTotal 6 ⓘ
launchServiceProvider International Launch Services ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36A ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36B ⓘ
launchSuccessRate 100% ⓘ
launchVehicleType medium-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed Martin ⓘ
marketSegment U.S. military payloads ⓘ
commercial communications satellites ⓘ
notableFeature first U.S.-operated launch vehicle to use the RD-180 engine ⓘ
intermediate design step between Atlas II and Atlas V ⓘ
transition platform for integrating Russian engines into U.S. launch systems ⓘ
operator International Launch Services ⓘ
Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services ⓘ
predecessor Atlas II ⓘ
propulsionType liquid-fueled ⓘ
retiredFromService 2005 ⓘ
stages 2 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Atlas V ⓘ
upperStage Centaur ⓘ
upperStageOxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
upperStagePropellant liquid hydrogen ⓘ
usedFor commercial satellite launches ⓘ
geostationary transfer orbit missions ⓘ
medium-lift missions ⓘ
military satellite launches ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Atlas → notableVariant → Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas → familyIncludes → Atlas III ⓘ
Centaur → usedOnLaunchVehicle → Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas II → successor → Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas III → configurationVariant → Atlas IIIA ⓘ
linked to: Atlas III
Atlas III → configurationVariant → Atlas IIIB ⓘ
linked to: Atlas III
LC-36 → primaryLaunchVehicle → Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas ICBM → successor → Atlas III ⓘ
RD-180 → usedOnLaunchVehicle → Atlas III ⓘ
RD-180 → firstUsedOn → Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas V 431 → coreStageOrigin → Atlas III heritage ⓘ
linked to: Atlas III
Atlas program → successor → Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas family → hasVariant → Atlas III ⓘ
Centaur program → launchVehicle → Atlas III ⓘ
Pad 36B → usedByRocket → Atlas III ⓘ
SLC-3 → launchVehicleSupported → Atlas III ⓘ