Atlas

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Atlas is a family of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a ballistic missile program and widely used to place satellites and spacecraft into orbit.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atlas canonical 7
Atlas I 2
Atlas D 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family of expendable launch vehicles
countryOfOrigin United States
developedBy Convair
General Dynamics
Lockheed Martin
United Launch Alliance
developedFrom SM-65 Atlas ballistic missile
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
familyIncludes Atlas II
Atlas III
Atlas LV-3B
Atlas V
Atlas-Agena
Atlas-Centaur
firstFlightDate 1957-12-17
fuelComponentsInclude RP-1 kerosene
liquid oxygen
guidanceSystem inertial guidance
launchConfiguration three-stage
two-stage
launchSitesInclude Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Vandenberg Air Force Base
notablePayload Friendship 7
Landsat 1
linked to: Landsat satellites

Mariner 2
Pioneer 10
Surveyor 1
notableVariant Atlas II
Atlas III
Atlas LV-3B
Atlas V
Atlas-Agena
Atlas-Centaur
operatedBy United Launch Alliance
United States Air Force
propellantType liquid-fueled
rocketType expendable launch system
status partially retired
successor Vulcan Centaur
upperStage Centaur
usedFor launching spacecraft into orbit
placing satellites into orbit
usedInProgram Commercial satellite launches
Landsat program
linked to: Landsat satellites

Mariner program
Mercury program
Pioneer program
Surveyor program
TDRS program

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Atlas hasVersion upgraded Atlas (2015)
linked to: Atlas
RP-1 usedIn Atlas I
linked to: Atlas
Atlas II predecessor Atlas I
linked to: Atlas
LC-36A launchVehicleType Atlas
LC-36B usedRocketFamily Atlas
Atlas LV-3B derivedFrom Atlas D
linked to: Atlas
Atlas LV-3B rocketFamily Atlas