SM-65D Atlas
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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
0success streakcurrent
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.