Atlas launch vehicle

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The Atlas launch vehicle is an American rocket family originally developed as an intercontinental ballistic missile that became a key workhorse for launching satellites and crewed spacecraft during the early space age.

All labels observed (6)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system ⓘ
rocket family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developedBy Convair ⓘ
General Dynamics ⓘ
developedFor United States Air Force ⓘ
era early space age ⓘ
familyMember Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Atlas V ⓘ
Atlas–Agena ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Agena

Atlas–Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
firstStageEngineType liquid-fueled rocket engine ⓘ
governingAgencyAtIntroduction United States Air Force ⓘ
launchConfiguration single-core booster ⓘ
launchedFrom Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed Martin ⓘ
United Launch Alliance ⓘ
notableFeature stage-and-a-half design ⓘ
notablePayload Friendship 7 ⓘ
Intelsat communications satellites ⓘ
Mariner probes ⓘ
Pioneer probes ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer 10

Surveyor spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Surveyor 1
originalFunction intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ
poweredFirstUSOrbitalCrewedFlight Friendship 7 mission ⓘ
linked to: Friendship 7
propellantType liquid propellant ⓘ
roleInHistory first American to orbit Earth launched on Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
first United States ICBM to reach operational status ⓘ
status partially retired ⓘ
successor Vulcan Centaur ⓘ
technologyTransfer adapted from military missile to space launch vehicle ⓘ
upperStageOptions Agena upper stage ⓘ
Centaur upper stage ⓘ
usedAs orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
usedBy NASA ⓘ
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
commercial satellite operators ⓘ
usedFor crewed spacecraft launches ⓘ
satellite launches ⓘ
uncrewed spacecraft launches ⓘ
usedInProgram Atlas V program ⓘ
linked to: Atlas V

Atlas–Agena program ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Agena

Atlas–Centaur program ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Project Gemini ⓘ
Project Mercury ⓘ
linked to: Mercury program

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Referenced by (10)

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

Convair → notableProduct → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
United Launch Alliance → predecessorProgram → Atlas rocket family ⓘ
linked to: Atlas launch vehicle
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program → relatedTo → United Launch Alliance EELV-class vehicles ⓘ
linked to: Atlas launch vehicle
Atlas V → partOfFamily → Atlas rocket family ⓘ
linked to: Atlas launch vehicle
Space Launch Complex 3 → primaryLaunchVehicleType → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
Atlas LV-3C Centaur → family → Atlas launch vehicle family ⓘ
linked to: Atlas launch vehicle
EELV program → replaced → Atlas II launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Atlas launch vehicle
Atlas rocket → family → Atlas launch vehicle family ⓘ
linked to: Atlas launch vehicle
Sigma 7 → launchedBy → Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Atlas launch vehicle
Atlas LV-3C → partOf → Atlas launch vehicle family ⓘ
linked to: Atlas launch vehicle