The Atlas SLV-3, or SLV-3 Atlas was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas / SM-65D Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas...

Initially, Atlas D missiles, redesignated as the LV-3, were used as the first stage. These were later replaced by the standardized Atlas SLV-3, and its...

used by Atlas and Titan rockets between 1963 and 2005. It consisted of two launch pads: Space Launch Complex 4 West (SLC-4W, formerly PALC-2-3) and Space...

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2 3 4 1961 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025   Atlas-Agena   Atlas SLV-3   Atlas-Burner   Atlas E/F   Atlas H   Atlas II...

11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1     Launch Complex 12 (LC-12) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida was a launch pad used by Atlas rockets and missiles...

flight in what would be a long career for the Atlas as a satellite launcher. Atlas D missile-derived SLV-3s were used for orbital launches with the RM-81...

SM-65 Atlas and subsequently for operational Atlas launches from 1958 to 1978. It was the most-used and longest-serving of the original four Atlas pads...

to buy brand-new Atlas SLV-3 vehicles instead, so the idea was scrapped. Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle SM-65 Atlas Wade, Mark. "Atlas LV-3B / Mercury"...

Data Center. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008. Chaikin, Andrew (1998). A Man on the Moon. New York: Penguin...

hidden from Earth due to tidal locking, was imaged for the first time by Luna 3 on 7 October 1959, revealing terrain never before seen. Significant advances...

date December 7, 1966, 02:12:01 (1966-12-07UTC02:12:01Z) UTC Rocket Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-12 End of mission Last contact...

or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "Ranger 3". www.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-14. This article incorporates public...

FACT SHEET". spaceline.org. Cliff Lethbridge. Retrieved 8 October 2021. "ATLAS B FACT SHEET". spaceline.org. Cliff Lethbridge. Retrieved 9 October 2021...

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...

missile Atlas (rocket family) (1959) The Atlas civilian space booster Atlas E/F Atlas G Atlas H Atlas LV-3B Atlas SLV-3 Atlas-Able Atlas-Agena SM-65 Atlas –...

Applications Technology Satellite 3, or ATS-3, was a long-lived American experimental geostationary weather and communications satellite, operated by...

first stage. This was quickly replaced by SLV-3C, and later the SLV-3D, both derived from the standard Atlas SLV-3 rocket. Two spaceflights, with the Pioneer...

Rocketdyne LR101 SM-65 Atlas Rocketdyne Wikimedia Commons has media related to LR105 (rocket engine). Wade, Mark (2019). "LR105-3". Encyclopedia Astronautica...

Atlas E/F – Retired Atlas H – Retired Atlas LV-3B – Retired Atlas SLV-3 – Retired Atlas-Centaur – Retired Atlas G – Retired Atlas I – Retired Atlas II...

being the first use of the SLV-3. Afterwards, all GAMBIT used SLV-3s aside from 4013, which used the last old-style Atlas remaining in the inventory....

orbit using the Atlas SLV-3 rocket. Because the ATDA had no propulsion system of its own, the launch necessitated an extended Atlas sustainer burn—while...

Failures 15 Partial failures 3 Catalogued 87 National firsts Satellite  Italy Rockets Maiden flights Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C Delta D Kosmos-1...

 United States 1 1 0 0 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D  United States 11 9 2 0 Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C  United States 1 0 1 0 Retired Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D  United...

command at 14.3 degrees N latitude, 97.7 degrees W longitude (selenographic coordinates) on October 9, 1967. Launch of Lunar Orbiter 3 from an Atlas-Agena rocket...

'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...

#29) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 30 May Successful 22 May 18:30 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-4E OPS 4321 KH-7 4037 USAF Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance...

To ISRO :: Launch Vehicles". ISRO. Retrieved 2013-11-04. Krebs, Gunter. "SLV-3 / ASLV". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 18 December 2016. "Athena-1 (LLV-1...

between 22 and 30 degrees W longitude. Launch of Lunar Orbiter 4 from an Atlas-Agena rocket on May 4, 1967 Keldysh on May 16, 1967 (42°47′N 34°20′E /...

LR105-3 LR105-5 - Atlas LV-3C, Atlas E, Atlas Agena B, Atlas F, Atlas Agena D, Atlas Centaur D, Atlas SLV-3 LR105-7 - Atlas Agena D, Atlas F/Agena D, Atlas...