SM-65 Atlas

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The SM-65 Atlas was the United States’ first operational intercontinental ballistic missile, later adapted as a pioneering space launch vehicle in the early space program.

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AI-generated illustration of SM-65 Atlas

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the SM-65 Atlas (The SM-65 Atlas was the United States’ first operational intercontinental ballistic missile, later adapted as a pioneering space launch vehicle in the early space program.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ
space launch vehicle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Atlas ICBM ⓘ
configuration stage-and-a-half ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
deploymentMode above-ground launchers ⓘ
coffin-type shelters ⓘ
silo-lift launchers ⓘ
developedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
developedUnderProgram Weapon System 107A-1 ⓘ
engineManufacturer Rocketdyne ⓘ
linked to: Aerojet Rocketdyne
engineType liquid-fuel rocket engine ⓘ
enteredService 1959 ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1957-06-11 ⓘ
firstSuccessfulICBMFlightDate 1958-12-17 ⓘ
fuel RP-1 kerosene ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
radio-inertial guidance ⓘ
launchedAstronaut John Glenn ⓘ
launchedMission Mercury-Atlas 6 ⓘ
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
manufacturer Convair ⓘ
maximumRange approximately 9000 miles ⓘ
notableFeature balloon tank stainless-steel structure ⓘ
thin-wall pressure-stabilized tanks ⓘ
notableLaunch Friendship 7 ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
partOf United States nuclear deterrent ⓘ
programStart early 1950s ⓘ
propellantType liquid-fueled ⓘ
retiredFromICBMService 1965 ⓘ
role orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
strategic missile ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Titan II ICBM ⓘ
successorAsLaunchVehicle Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Atlas-Agena ⓘ
Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
usedAsLaunchVehicleFor Mercury program ⓘ
Project Mercury crewed missions ⓘ
early communications satellites ⓘ
early weather satellites ⓘ
scientific satellites ⓘ
usedBy NASA ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
usedIn Cold War ⓘ
warheadType thermonuclear warhead ⓘ

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

Atlas-Centaur → developedFrom → SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
Atlas-Centaur → heritage → Atlas missile program ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
Mercury program → launchVehicle → Atlas rocket ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
Convair → notableProduct → SM-65 Atlas ICBM ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
Atlas → developedFrom → SM-65 Atlas ballistic missile ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
United States rocket program → developed → Atlas rocket ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
Minuteman missile program → replaced → SM-65 Atlas program ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
Atlas launch vehicle → familyMember → SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
Atlas LV-3B → derivedFrom → SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
Weapon System 107A-1 → resultedIn → SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
Weapon System 107A-1 → developedWeapon → SM-65 Atlas ICBM ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
Mercury-Redstone rocket → succeededBy → Mercury-Atlas rocket ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
Launch Complex 13 → rocketFamily → SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
Atlas program → notableVariant → SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
Atlas family → developedFrom → SM-65 Atlas ballistic missile ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
Atlas family → hasVariant → SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
Atlas LV-3C → developedFrom → SM‑65D Atlas ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas