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, manufactured by Convair established in 1943, undertook its inaugural launch on 04/14/1959. Notably, 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.
