SM-65D Atlas
Atlas familyConvairRetired
The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile. Atlas D was first used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to deliver a nuclear weapon payload on a suborbital trajectory. It was later developed as a launch vehicle to carry a payload to low Earth orbit on its own, and later to geosynchronous orbit, to the Moon, Venus, or Mars with the Agena or Centaur upper stage.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 1,880 kN
- Height
- 25.15 m
- Diameter
- 3 m
- Launch mass
- 119 t
- Stages
- 1
- LEO capacity
- 1,400 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
9flightswith a definitive outcome
66.7%success rate6 of 9
3failuresincluding partial failures
0success streakcurrent
First flight April 14, 1964 · latest July 27, 1967
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Atlas D flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1965 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1966 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1967 | 0 | 1 | 1 |