SM-65 Atlas program

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf missile program
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned mid-1960s
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Convair
gptkbp:firstFlight 1957
gptkbp:guidanceSystem radio-inertial guidance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SM-65 Atlas program
gptkbp:length approximately 75 ft
gptkbp:notable_contract gptkb:Convair_Division
gptkb:General_Dynamics
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Atlas_10B_launch_(first_successful_orbital_flight_of_an_American)
gptkbp:notableFeature stage-and-a-half design
balloon tank construction
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Atlas_10B
gptkb:Atlas_4A
gptkb:Atlas_6A
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
first American orbital crewed flight
first successful ICBM test in the US
gptkbp:notableVariant gptkb:Atlas_D
gptkb:Atlas_E
gptkb:Atlas_F
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:payload gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_7
gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9
gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_6
gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_8
gptkb:John_Glenn_(Friendship_7)
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:RP-1_kerosene
liquid oxygen
gptkbp:purpose space launch vehicle development
intercontinental ballistic missile development
gptkbp:range approximately 9,000 miles
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Atlas-Agena
gptkb:Atlas_rocket_family
gptkb:Atlas-Centaur
gptkbp:startDate 1953
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Titan_missile_program
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:Project_Mercury
launching satellites
gptkbp:warheadType gptkb:W49_thermonuclear_warhead
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Atlas_B_missile
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7