later models demonstrated increasing reliability and the D model was cleared for use. Atlas C was declared operational in September 1959. Even at that...
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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...
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its launches were classified DoD payloads. The Atlas-Agena was a two-and-a-half-stage rocket, with a stage-and-a-half Atlas missile as the first stage, and...
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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...
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mythology, Atlas (/ˈætləs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Atlas also plays...
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The Atlas-Centaur was a United States expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. The vehicle featured a Centaur upper stage, the...
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champions) of Mexican football. Atlas has a rivalry with city rivals C.D. Guadalajara called El Clásico Tapatío. Atlas was founded in a bar in Guadalajara...
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The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United...
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using Atlas launch vehicle "100-D": 335 MA-4 using Atlas launch vehicle "88-D": 382 MA-5 using Atlas launch vehicle "93-D": 398 MA-6 using Atlas launch...
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original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2024-09-19. "Atlas-D Able". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2024-09-19. "Atlas-C Able". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2024-09-19...
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facilities; Atlas E utilized the same coffin silos as Atlas D missiles, with the missile stored horizontally and raised upright for launch. Atlas F for comparison...
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Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (category Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas)
the first air-transported Atlas missile. In the presence of General Power, the Commander in Chief of SAC, the first Atlas D complex was turned over to...
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inertial control instead of the Atlas D's radio ground guidance. The ignition system was also different from the one used on the D-series, which used a "wet"...
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astronaut Gordon Cooper, then a United States Air Force major. The Atlas rocket was No. 130-D, and the Mercury spacecraft was No. 20. As of May 2025, this mission...
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Project Mercury (redirect from Mercury-Atlas 12)
Station in Florida, on launch vehicles modified from the Redstone and Atlas D missiles. The capsule was fitted with a launch escape rocket to carry it...
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Look up Atlas or atlas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An atlas is a collection of maps. Atlas may also refer to: Atlas (DC Comics), several fictional...
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The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United...
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SM-65A Atlas, or Atlas A, was the first full-scale prototype of the Atlas missile, which first flew on 11 June 1957. Unlike later versions of the Atlas missile...
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'62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69 Atlas-Agena Atlas-Able Atlas-Centaur Atlas SLV Atlas D Atlas E Atlas F 10 20 30 40 50 1960 '61 '62 '63 '64...
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Atlas Shrugged: Part II (or Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike) is a 2012 American drama film based on the 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged by the philosopher Ayn...
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Atlas rocket, prior to the operational Atlas D. It was originally planned to be used as the first stage of the Atlas-Able rocket, but following an explosion...
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R&D Atlas D missiles, Atlas 50D was not carrying a large complement of telemetry probes; only 50 measurements were taken on this flight. The Atlas appeared...
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derived from the various Atlas missiles. Most space launcher variants of the Atlas up to 1965 were derived from the D-series Atlas ICBM with custom modifications...
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successful flight of an Atlas missile to full range occurred 28 November 1958. The first armed version of the Atlas, the Atlas D, was declared operational...
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of the Atlas-Agena. Previous Atlas-Agena launches were launched on Atlas D or Atlas SLV-3 first stages, but the final Atlas-Agena used an Atlas E/F.[citation...
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The Atlas was one of the world's first supercomputers, in use from 1962 (when it was claimed to be the most powerful computer in the world) to 1972. Atlas's...
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5 10 15 20 25 30 1957 1958 1959 Atlas-Able Atlas A Atlas B Atlas C Atlas D 5 10 15 20 25 30 1957 1958 1959 Cape Canaveral LC-11 Cape Canaveral...
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The Atlas Cheetah is a South African fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aviation company Atlas Aircraft Corporation (later Denel Aeronautics)...
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Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas launch vehicle family. It was developed by Lockheed Martin and has been...
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Attacus atlas, the Atlas moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition...
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