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SM-65 Atlas missile family
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/SM-65_Atlas_missile_family
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military
gptkbp:capacity
up to 1,360 kg (to LEO)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:developedBy
gptkb:Convair
gptkbp:diameter
3.05 m
gptkbp:engineType
Rocketdyne LR-105
Rocketdyne LR-89
gptkbp:enteredService
1959
gptkbp:firstFlight
1957
gptkbp:fuelType
gptkb:RP-1
gptkbp:guidanceSystem
radio-inertial
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
SM-65 Atlas missile family
gptkbp:launchSite
gptkb:Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
gptkbp:length
approximately 25 m
gptkbp:notableFor
first American to orbit Earth
first operational ICBM of the United States
gptkbp:notableMission
John Glenn's Friendship 7
gptkbp:notableVariant
gptkb:Atlas-Agena
gptkb:Atlas-Centaur
gptkb:Atlas_LV-3B
gptkb:Atlas_D
gptkb:Atlas_E
gptkb:Atlas_F
gptkbp:oxidizer
liquid oxygen
gptkbp:propulsion
liquid-fueled
gptkbp:range
up to 14,000 km
gptkbp:retired
1965
gptkbp:status
retired
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:LGM-30_Minuteman
gptkbp:type
gptkb:surface-to-air_missile
space launch vehicle
gptkbp:usedBy
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:usedIn
gptkb:Gemini_program
gptkb:Mercury_program
gptkbp:warheadType
thermonuclear
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Atlas_F
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5