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- Proving itself to be a reliable and versatile launch vehicle, the Atlas D missile became the core booster for Atlas space launch vehicles which would follow. In general terms, Atlas D-based space launch vehicles were classified as Space Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3).
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The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the Atlas missile and the basis for all Atlas space launchers, debuting in 1959. Atlas D weighed 255,950 lb (116,100 kg) (without payload) and had an empty weight of only 11,894 lb (5,395 kg); the other 95.35% was propellant.
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. Atlas D was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, at Launch Complexes 11, 12, 13 and 14, and Vandenberg Air Force Base at Launch Complex 576.
Atlas D launches were conducted from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, at Launch Complexes 11, 12, 13 and 14, and Vandenberg AFB Launch Complex 576. [citation needed] Two suborbital stage and a half vehicles were used during Project FIRE as sounding rockets.
Model NameFirst LaunchLast LaunchTotal Launches195919603Atlas LV-3A19601968491959196391964196851In general terms, Atlas D-based space launch vehicles were classified as Space Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3). However, they have historically been better known by the Atlas name in combination with the name of associated upper stages or mission assignments.
Jul 5, 2015 · An Atlas D launch vehicle lifted a Project Fire spacecraft from Cape Kennedy in the first test of the heat that would be encountered by a spacecraft reentering the atmosphere at lunar-return velocity.
Oct 23, 2023 · The launch vehicle of Project FIRE was the Atlas-Antares II, which put the payload on a suborbital, high ballistic trajectory to carry out its tests. The Atlas-D booster launched the manned orbital Mercury missions in 1962 and 1963.
May 7, 2024 · The Atlas-Agena launch vehicle launching from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., April 3, 1965. It carried the SNAP10A nuclear reactor, intended to power large satellites. (more)
