SM-65D Atlas

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title: SM-65D Atlas
text: The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile. Atlas D was first used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to deliver a nuclear weapon payload on a suborbital trajectory. It was later developed as a launch vehicle to carry a payload to low Earth orbit on its own, and later to geosynchronous orbit, to the Moon, Venus, or Mars with the Agena or Centaur upper stage. Atlas D was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, at Launch Complexes
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description: First operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65D_Atlas
date created: 2008-12-28T20:54:41Z
date modified: 2024-09-07T03:01:24Z
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