SM-65D Atlas (Convair)
The SM-65D Atlas, manufactured by Convair established in 1943, undertook its inaugural launch on 04/14/1959, is non-reusable and is inactive.
SM-65D Atlas has 6 successful launches and 3 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 9 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
- Length: 25.15 m
- Diameter: 3 m
- Launch Mass: 119 T
- LEO Capacity: 1400 kg
Manufacturer
Convair
Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.
