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FIRE 1

Atlas D

United States Air Force

Launch Status
Success

Mission

FIRE 1

Type: Materials Science

FIRE (Flight Investigation of Re-Entry) was a high-speed reentry heat research program to obtain data on materials, heating rates, and radio signal attenuation on spacecraft reentering the atmosphere at speeds of about 24,500 miles per hour.

Trajectory

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Location

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

879 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Rocket

SM-65D Atlas – Convair

  • Family: Atlas
  • Length: 25.15 m
  • Diameter: 3 m
  • Launch Mass: 119 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1400 kg

The SM-65D Atlas was manufactured by Convair with the first launch on 1959-04-14. SM-65D Atlas has 6 successful launches and 3 failed launches with a total of 9 launches. 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.

Agency

United States Air Force – USAF

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: USAF
  • Country: USA
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