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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 ...
The first Agena-D launch was of KH-4 #7 on June 28, 1963, and a total of 269 Agena-Ds were launched. The Agena-D was used to launch KH-7 GAMBIT and KH-8 Gambit 3 reconnaissance satellites, three Mariner probes to Venus and the two Mariner space probes to Mars. Thor-Agena flew for the last time in 1972 when it launched a KH-4B satellite. The ...
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 ...
Atlas E/F-Star-17A: 71F VAFB SLC-3W: P72-2: LEO (target) Failure Rocket damaged by explosion of LOX/RP-1 glob in flame trench during launch, leading to sustainer engine failure during ascent. RSO T+303 seconds. 1975-05-22 22:04:00 Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D AC-35 CCAFS LC-36A: Intelsat IV F1: Comsat GTO: Success 1975-06-18 09:00:00 Atlas-Agena D SLV ...
Retired: SM-65 Atlas, Atlas-Able, Atlas-Agena, Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex 14 ( LC-14 ) is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida . Part of the Missile Row lineup of launch sites in the region, LC-14 was used for various crewed and uncrewed Atlas launches, including the February 1962 Friendship 7 flight aboard which ...
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 ...
Launch lists for selected rocket types: List of Thor DM-18A launches; List of Thor DM-18 Able launches; List of Thor-Agena launches; List of Thor DM-18 Agena-A launches; List of Thor DM-21 Agena-B launches; List of Thor DM-21 Agena-D launches; List of Delta DM-19 launches; List of Delta 1 launches; List of Delta II launches; List of Delta III ...