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The result was the Atlas LV-3 Agena D, a standardized version of the Atlas D core and Agena B which would be the same on every launch (at least as far as the Atlas was concerned, Agena Ds often still had customized setups, especially for DoD payloads). The Agena D first flew in July 1963, starting a series of 15 successful launches for NASA and ...
Thor-Agena flew for the last time in 1972 when it launched a KH-4B satellite. The last Atlas-Agena used an Agena D stage atop a refurbished Atlas F missile to launch Seasat in 1978. Twelve more Agenas were launched on Titan vehicles through 1987 before the stage was completely retired. The final Agena-D upper stage was launched on a Titan IIIB ...
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 ascent, while the center sustainer engine, propellant tanks and other structural ...
Atlas-Agena D LV-3 353D VAFB SLC-4W KH-7 Gambit 4013 Optical reconnaissance LEO: Success 1964-11-05 19:22 Atlas-Agena D LV-3 289D CCAFS LC-13 Mariner 3: Mars flyby probe IPT: Failure Payload fairing failed to separate. 1964-11-28 14:22 Atlas-Agena D LV-3 288D CCAFS LC-12 Mariner 4: Mars flyby probe IPT: Success First spacecraft to reach the ...
The fully operational D-series Atlas was similar to the R&D model Atlas B and C, but incorporated a number of design changes implemented as a result of lessons learned during test flights. In addition, the D-series had the full-up Rocketdyne MA-2 propulsion system with 360,000 pounds-force (1,600 kN) of thrust versus the 250,000 pounds-force ...
Final flight of standard Atlas-Agena 1978-05-13 10:34 Atlas E/F-SVS: 49F VAFB SLC-3E: GPS-2: Navigation satellite MEO: Success 1978-05-20 13:13:00 Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D AC-50 CCAFS LC-36A: Pioneer Venus Orbiter: Venus probe Heliocentric: Success 1978-06-27 01:12 Atlas E/F-Agena D: 23F VAFB SLC-3W: Seasat: Remote sensing LEO: Success Final Atlas ...
This is a list of launches made by the Atlas rocket family, derived from the SM-65 Atlas ICBM. The currently operational variant, Atlas V, has flown 81 consecutive missions without failure between October 2007 and January 2022. Due to the size of the list, it has been split by decade: List of Atlas launches (1957–1959)
The first launch to use what is now SLC-4 occurred on 12 July 1963, when an Atlas LV-3 Agena-D launched the first KH-7 Gambit reconnaissance satellite, from PALC-2-3. Twelve Atlas-Agenas launches were conducted from PALC-2-3, with the last occurring on 12 March 1965.