Atlas

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Atlas is a family of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a ballistic missile program and widely used to place satellites and spacecraft into orbit.

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AI-generated illustration of Atlas

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Atlas (Atlas is a family of American expendable launch vehicles originally developed from a ballistic missile program and widely used to place satellites and spacecraft into orbit.)

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Atlas canonical 11
Atlas E 8
Atlas D 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family of expendable launch vehicles
countryOfOrigin United States
developedBy Convair
General Dynamics
Lockheed Martin
United Launch Alliance
developedFrom SM-65 Atlas ballistic missile
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
familyIncludes Atlas II
Atlas III
Atlas LV-3B
Atlas V
Atlas-Agena
Atlas-Centaur
firstFlightDate 1957-12-17
fuelComponentsInclude RP-1 kerosene
liquid oxygen
guidanceSystem inertial guidance
launchConfiguration three-stage
two-stage
launchSitesInclude Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Vandenberg Air Force Base
notablePayload Friendship 7
Landsat 1
linked to: Landsat satellites

Mariner 2
Pioneer 10
Surveyor 1
notableVariant Atlas II
Atlas III
Atlas LV-3B
Atlas V
Atlas-Agena
Atlas-Centaur
operatedBy United Launch Alliance
United States Air Force
propellantType liquid-fueled
rocketType expendable launch system
status partially retired
successor Vulcan Centaur
upperStage Centaur
usedFor launching spacecraft into orbit
placing satellites into orbit
usedInProgram Commercial satellite launches
Landsat program
linked to: Landsat satellites

Mariner program
Mercury program
Pioneer program
Surveyor program
TDRS program

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlas hasVersion upgraded Atlas (2015)
linked to: Atlas
RP-1 usedIn Atlas I
linked to: Atlas
Atlas II predecessor Atlas I
linked to: Atlas
LC-36A launchVehicleType Atlas
LC-36B usedRocketFamily Atlas
Atlas LV-3B derivedFrom Atlas D
linked to: Atlas
Atlas LV-3B rocketFamily Atlas
NOAA-6 launchVehicle Atlas E
linked to: Atlas
NOAA-7 launchVehicle Atlas E
linked to: Atlas
NOAA-8 launchVehicle Atlas E
linked to: Atlas
NOAA-9 launchVehicle Atlas E
linked to: Atlas
NOAA-10 launchVehicle Atlas E
linked to: Atlas
NOAA-11 launchVehicle Atlas E
linked to: Atlas
NOAA-12 launchVehicle Atlas E
linked to: Atlas
Launch Complex 13 rocketFamily Atlas D
linked to: Atlas
Launch Complex 13 rocketFamily Atlas E
linked to: Atlas
Launch Complex 36 rocketFamilySupported Atlas I
linked to: Atlas
Atlas family hasVariant Atlas D
linked to: Atlas
Atlas LV-3C rocketFamily Atlas