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.


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Atlas ICBM [edit]

  • 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)

Atlas launch vehicle [edit]

Atlas without upper stage [edit]

  • 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

Atlas with solid fueled upper stage [edit]

  • 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

Atlas with Agena upper stage [edit]

  • 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)

  • Lift-off of Ranger 4 on-board of Atlas Agena B (April 23. 1962)

  • 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

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

  • 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

Atlas with Able upper stage [edit]

  • 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.

  • Atlas Able launches with Pioneer P-30 on board

Atlas Centaur [edit]

  • 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)

Atlas I [edit]

  • 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)

Atlas II [edit]

  • 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

Atlas III [edit]

  • RD-180 main engine test firing

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

Atlas V [edit]

  • 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)

  • An Atlas V lifted off with the Solar Dynamics Obervatory

Misc. [edit]

  • Atlas V family

  • Atlas EELV family

  • Evolution of the Atlas rocket

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