WS-107 Concept 2. First mock-up of the Atlas missile in the three-chamber configuration.
Credit: Ronald Wade
American orbital launch vehicle. The 1954 design for the Atlas as contracted for by the Air Force used three main engines to power a 110 metric ton rocket able to send a 1400 kg nuclear warhead over a 10,200 km range. CEP was 3700 m. The missile actually delivered six years later would have the same dimensions and launch mass, but 63% more range and four times better accuracy.
Standard warhead: 1,360 kg (2,990 lb). Maximum range: 10,200 km (6,300 mi). CEP: 3.70 km (2.20 mi).
Status: Design 1954.
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Gross mass: 109,000 kg (240,000 lb).
Payload: 1,360 kg (2,990 lb).
Height: 23.00 m (75.00 ft).
Diameter: 3.05 m (10.00 ft).
Thrust: 725.00 kN (162,986 lbf).
Atlas The Atlas rocket, originally developed as America's first ICBM, was the basis for most early American space exploration and was that country's most successful medium-lift commercial launch vehicle. It launched America's first astronaut into orbit; the first generations of spy satellites; the first lunar orbiters and landers; the first probes to Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn; and was America's most successful commercial launcher of communications satellites. Its innovative stage-and-a-half and 'balloon tank' design provided the best dry-mass fraction of any launch vehicle ever built. It was retired in 2004 after 576 launches in a 47-year career. More...
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Convair American manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Convair, USA. More...
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