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Atlas III. The Atlas III (known as the Atlas II-AR (R for Russian) early in development [ 3]) was an American orbital launch vehicle, used in the years between 2000 and 2005. [ 4] It was developed from the highly successful Atlas II rocket and shared many components. [ 1] It was the first member of the Atlas family since the Atlas A to feature ...
Atlas IIIA. Atlas V. Atlas is a family of US missiles and space launch vehicles that originated with the SM-65 Atlas. The Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program was initiated in the late 1950s under the Convair Division of General Dynamics. [2] Atlas was a liquid propellant rocket burning RP-1 kerosene fuel with liquid oxygen ...
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Atlas III. The Atlas III (known as the Atlas II-AR (R for Russian) early in development ) was an American orbital launch vehicle, used in the years between 2000 and 2005. It was developed from the highly successful Atlas II rocket and shared many components. It was the first member of the Atlas family since the Atlas A to feature a "normal ...
Atlas IIIA: 2000: 2004: 2: 2: 1xRD-180: 1xRL10A: Eutelsat W4: Major revision of Atlas IIA, with new RD-180 first-stage engine, normal staging, first stage stretched 4.4 m and strengthened. First single RL10 engine Centaur. Atlas IIIB: 2002: 2005: 4: 4: 1xRD-180: 1xRL10A: Same as Atlas IIIA, except for Centaur stretched 1.7 m and an optional ...
May 24, 2000 · The Atlas IIAR-Centaur was renamed Atlas III-Centaur in April, 1998. Two variants emerged – the Atlas IIIA-Centaur and the Atlas IIIB-Centaur. Of these, the Atlas IIIA-Centaur was the first to be introduced and launched from Cape Canaveral. As envisioned, first stage propulsion for the Atlas IIIA-Centaur was provided by a Russian RD-180 engine.
The single-stage Atlas IIIA booster uses a high-performance RD-180 propulsion system produced by a U.S./Russian joint venture (RD AMROSS) comprised of Pratt & Whitney (U.S.) and NPO Energomash (Russia). The RD-180 burns liquid oxygen and RP-1 propellant and develops a lift-off (sea-level) thrust of 2.6 MN. The RD-180 throttles to various levels ...
