Atlas (rocket)

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English: The US Atlas -rocket family, containing early ICBMs and many versions of space launch vehicles.

Deutsch: Die Atlas-Raketenfamilie ist eine der meistgenutzen Raumflug-Trägerraketen der USA.

[edit] Atlas ICBM

Atlas ICBM launch

Atlas A missile launch (Febr. 20, 1958)

Launch of an Atlas B missile

Launch of Atlas B missile (4B) (Aug. 02, 1958)

[edit] Atlas launch vehicle

[edit] Atlas without upper stage

Atlas 10B with Score payload was the first space launch of an Atlas rocket (Dec. 18, 1958)	Lift-off of the Atlas B	Atlas D lift-off with Mercury-Atlas 5. Chimp "Enos" was aboard (Nov. 29 1961)	Mercury-Atlas 6 launching Friendship 7 ship with the first American to orbit Earth (May 24, 1962)
Mercury-Atlas 9 with the Faith 7 spaceship (May 15, 1963)	Mercury-Atlas 9 with the Faith 7 spaceship

[edit] Atlas with solid fueled upper stage

Atlas rocket with Antares upper stage carrying Fire 1 re-entry capsule (Sptember 30, 1963)

Atlas rocket with Antares upper stage carrying Fire 1 re-entry capsule at Gantry roll back (Sptember 30, 1963)

Atlas E/F launching military payload

[edit] Atlas with Agena upper stage

Atlas Agena A with SAMOS 2 satellite (Jan. 31, 1961)	Ranger 1 onboard Atlas Agena B (Aug. 23, 1961)	SAMOS 3 on-board Atlas Agena B, before tragic launch attempt (Sep. 9, 1961)	Atlas Agena B with Mariner 1, Cape Canaveral (July 22, 1962)
Atlas Agena B with Ranger 2 during countdown under full moon (Nov. 18, 1961)	Lift-off of Ranger 2 on-board of Atlas Agena B (Nov. 18 1961)	SAMOS 4 on-board Atlas Agena B awaiting launch (Nov. 22 1961)	Lift-off of SAMOS 4 on-board Atlas Agena B (Nov. 22 1961)
Atlas Agena B with SAMOS 5 (Dec. 22 1961)	Atlas Agena B with MIDAS 5 satellite (Apr. 9, 1962)	Launch of Atlas Agena B with lunar probe Ranger 4 (Apr. 23, 1962)	Launch of Atlas Agena B with lunar probe Ranger 4 in black & white (Apr. 23, 1962)
Launch of SAMOS 7 (FTV-2401) on-board of Atlas Agena B rocket (Apr. 26, 1962)	Atlas Agena B with MIDAS 6 satellite (Dec. 17, 1962)	Gambit 2 launched By Atlas Agena D (Sep. 6, 1963)	Gambit 2 launched By Atlas Agena D (Sep. 6, 1963)
Atlas Agena D launching GATV docking satellite for Gemini 11 manned mission (Sept. 12, 1966)	Atlas Agena D launching Lunar Orbiter 4 on May 4, 1967	GATV Agena docking stage for Gemini 10	Diagram of Mariner 1 or 2 with Atlas-Angena launch vehicle

[edit] Atlas LV-3A with Agena upper stage

Atlas LV-3 Agena A launching Midas 1 (Febr. 26, 1960)	Atlas LV-3A Agena A launch vehicle with MIDAS 2 satellite (May 24, 1960)	Atlas LV-3A Agena A launch vehicle with SAMOS 1 satellite (Oct 11, 1960)	Atlas LV-3A Agena A launch vehicle with SAMOS 1 satellite (Oct 11, 1960)
Atlas LV-3A Agena A launch vehicle with SAMOS 1 satellite (Oct 11, 1960)	Atlas LV-3A Agena A launch vehicle with SAMOS 2 satellite (Jan 31, 1961)	On launch pad: Atlas Agena B with MIDAS 3 satellite (Jul. 12, 1961)	Atlas Agena B with MIDAS 4 satellite (Oct. 21, 1961)
Atlas Agena B with SAMOS 6 (Mar. 7, 1962)	Atlas Agena B with SAMOS 7 (Apr. 26, 1962)	Atlas Agena B with SAMOS 8 (Jun. 17, 1962)	SAMOS 9 on-board Atlas Agena B launch vehicle (Jul. 18, 1962)
SAMOS 10 on-board Atlas Agena B launch vehicle (Aug. 5, 1962)	SAMOS 11 on-board Atlas Agena B launch vehicle (Nov. 11, 1962)	Atlas LV-3A Agena D with KH-7 03 spy satellite

[edit] Atlas with Able upper stage

Atlas C Able prior explosion during static firing (Sept. 24, 1959)

Launch of the Atlas Able rocket with Pioneer P 3 probe disintegrated about 45 seconds later when the protective sheath covering the payload detached prematurely.

The final launch in the Pioneer lunar probe program with Atlas Able booster rocket. Launch vehicle went out of control and exploded at an altitude of 12,200 m off Cape Canaveral.

[edit] Atlas Centaur

Centaur-D upper stage of an Atlas-Centaur rocket (1965)	Atlas-Centaur (#10) launching Surveyor 1 (May 30, 1966)	Atlas-Centaur (#7) launching Surveyor 2 (Sep. 20, 1966)	Atlas-Centaur (#11) launching Surveyor 4 (Jul. 14, 1967)
Atlas-Centaur (#14) launching Surveyor 6 (November 7, 1967)	Atlas-Centaur (#24) launching Mariner 8 (May 9, 1971)	Atlas-Centaur (#23) launching Mariner 9 (May 31, 1971)	Pioneer 10 in it's Payload fairing brought to the pad
Close-up view of Atlas Centaur (#27) with Pioneer 10 before launch	Atlas Centaur (#27) with Pioneer 10 at sunset on launch pad	Atlas-Centaur (#27) launching Pioneer 10 (March 2, 1972)	Atlas-Centaur (#30) launching Pioneer G (April 5, 1973)
Atlas-Centaur (#30) launching Pioneer 11 (April 5, 1973)	Atlas-Centaur (#34) undergoes tanking tests, with Mariner 10, at LC 36B	Atlas-Centaur (#34) launching Mariner 10 to the planets Venus and Mercuy (November 3, 1973)	Atlas Centaur (#45) with HEAO-1 astronomical satellite, Cape Canaveral (August 12, 1977)
Atlas Centaur fairing installation around Pioneer Venus 1 spaceprobe	Atlas Centaur (#50) with Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Cape Canaveral (1978)	Atlas Centaur (#51) with Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, Cape Canaveral (1978)	Atlas Centaur (#51) launches Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, Cape Canaveral (1978)
Atlas-Centaur (#55) launches one INTELSAT V satellite Cape Canaveral (Dec. 15, 1981)

[edit] Atlas I

Atlas I (#69)with the CRRES satellite standing on launch platform (July 1990)

Atlas I (#69) launching CRRES satellite on July 25, 1990

Atlas I (#77) with GOES-J on launch pad. Cape Canaveral Air Station. (April 12, 1994)

[edit] Atlas II

Centaur-2 upper stage of an Atlas II rocket (June 1992)	Atlas IIAS launch with the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)	Atlas IIA Centaur rocket with GOES-L weather satellite (May 3, 2000)	Atlas IIAS launch (Dec. 6, 2000)
Centaur-2A second stage of an Atlas IIA is lifted at pad 36-A, CCAFS	Atlas IIAS ready for launch from Vandenberg AFB

[edit] Atlas III

RD-180 main engine test firing

Atlas IIIA on its first launch (May 24, 2000)

[edit] Atlas V

Core stage of an Atlas V being raised to a vertical position (May 6, 2005)	Single engine Centaur upper stage of an Atlas V rocket (May 10, 2005)	Launch of Atlas V taking up the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, August 12, 2005	The MRO Spaceprobe lauches on August the 12. 2005 at 11:43 UTC to the Planet Mars onbord a Atlas V (Modell 401) Launch Vehicle.
Atltas V Launch Vehicle lifted of with the MRO Mars Orbiter	Atlas V 401 rocket launches the MRO Spaceprobe to the Planet Mars. Cape Cenaveral. August 12. 2005 11:43 UTC	Atlas V 401 rocket launches the MRO Spaceprobe to the Planet Mars. Cape Cenaveral. August 12. 2005 11:43 UTC	One of five Solid Rocket Booster on a Truck bevor it is attached to an Atlas V 551.
The fith SRB before it is attached to the Atlas V 551 like the other four Booster.	Atlas V SRB lifted up in the assembly hall for menting to the Atlas V 551.	The fifth and last SRB is attaching to an Atlas V 551 to launch New Horizons.	Atlas V 551 rocket prepared for launch
New Horizons encapsulation in the Atlas V 551 Payload fairing.	Technicians install strips of the New Horizons mission decal on the Atlas V 551 fairing.	Atlas V 551 with the New Horizons Pluto probe on Launch Pad 41 in Cape Canaveral.	An Atlas V 551 (AV-010) rocket with the New Horizons spacecraft is on lauch pad 41 at CCAFS.
Launch of Atlas V 551 (AV-010) rocket with the New Horizons probe at CCAFS (Jan. 19, 2006)	Atlas V 551 roars into blue sky with the New Horizons Spaceprobe.	Atlas V 551 rocket is climbing, with New Horizons, into the blue sky. (January 19, 2006 19:00 UTC)	Atlas V 551 rocket (AV-010) is climbing with New Horizons into the blue sky. (January 19, 2006 19:00 UTC)
Launch of Atlas V 551 (AV-010) rocket with the New Horizons probe at CCAFS (Jan. 19, 2006)	Launch of Atlas V 551 (AV-010) rocket with the New Horizons probe at CCAFS (Jan. 19, 2006)	Atlas V launch complex LC41 at Cape Canaveral (2005)