Atlas (rocket family)
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atlas-rocket-family-212-2467661
title:
Atlas (rocket family)
text:
Atlas is a family of US missiles and space launch vehicles that originated with the SM-65 Atlas. The Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program was initiated in the late 1950s under the Convair Division of General Dynamics. Atlas was a liquid propellant rocket burning RP-1 kerosene fuel with liquid oxygen in three engines configured in an unusual "stage-and-a-half" or "parallel staging" design: two outboard booster engines were jettisoned along with supporting structures during asce
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Family of American missiles and space launch vehicles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(rocket_family)
date created:
2007-03-11T11:33:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T02:35:54Z
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13
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