Atlas E

In-active

Convair ()

Oct. 11, 1960

Description

The SM-65E Atlas, or Atlas-E, was an operational variant of the Atlas missile. It first flew on 11 October 1960, and was deployed as an operational ICBM from September 1961 until April 1966. Following retirement as an ICBM, the Atlas-E, along with the Atlas-F, was refurbished for orbital launches as the Atlas E/F.

Specifications
  • Stages
    1
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Atlas E
  • Family
  • Variant
    E
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    SM-65E Atlas
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Convair

Commercial
None
1943

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.

Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F13

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas E | NOAA 14

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F12

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas E | NOAA 13

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F11

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas E | NOAA 12

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F10

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas E | NOAA 11

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F9

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F8

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas E | NOAA 10

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas E | NOAA 9

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F7

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas E | NOAA 8

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F6

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Long March 2D
Success
5 hours, 4 minutes ago
PIESAT-2 13-16
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.


Electron
Success
12 hours, 32 minutes ago
Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.


Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Success
1 day, 23 hours ago
Glonass-K1 No. 20 (?)
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Note: Satellite serial number and Cosmos designation not confirmed. Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite n…


Kuaizhou 11
Success
2 days, 13 hours ago
SpaceTY-51 & 52
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2 Earth observation radar satellites built by the Chinese satellite manufacturer SpaceTY.


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 14 hours ago
USSF-259
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

USSF-259 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield …