Atlas I

In-active

General Dynamics (GD)

July 25, 1990

Description

The Atlas I was a US expendable launch system manufactured by General Dynamics in the 1990s to launch a variety of satellites.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    43.9 m
  • Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Launch Mass
    164.0 T
  • Thrust
    1939.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Atlas I
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    I
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Atlas I
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    5900.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

General Dynamics

Commercial
None
GD

None

Atlas I | GOES 10

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas I | BeppoSAX

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SAX (Satellite Astronomia Raggio-X) is the X-Ray Astronomy Satellite selected by the Italian National Space Plan for inclusion in the Science Plan. The objective of the mission is to perform spectroscopic and time variability studies of celestial X-ray sources in the energy band from 1 to 200 keV. including an all-sky monitoring investigation of transients in the 2-30 keV.energy range.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas I | GOES 9

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas I | UHF F/O F3

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas I | GOES 8

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas I | UHF F/O F2

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas I | UHF F/O F1

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas I | Galaxy 1R

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas I | Galaxy 5

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas I | BS-3H

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Two Ku-band DTH satellites were originally ordered by STC in 1982, but when their plans failed, were sold to Japan as gapfillers in the BS broadcasting satellite program under the designation BS 2x (1989) and BS 3h (1990).

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas I | CRRES

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Magnetospheric research satellite

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
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