From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Atlas H

Expendable launch vehicle

Summary

Expendable launch vehicle

Field	Value
name	Atlas H
image	Atlas-H.jpg
caption	Launch of the last Atlas H with NOSS-9.
manufacturer	Convair
General Dynamics
function	Expendable launch system
country-origin	United States
status	Retired
sites	SLC-3E, Vandenberg
success	5
launches	5
first	9 February 1983
last	15 May 1987
stagedata
type	booster
stageno
number	1
length
diameter
width
empty
gross
engines	2 LR-89-7
total	1901.6 kN
SI	293.4 s
burntime	155 seconds
fuel	RP-1/LOX
type	stage
stageno	First
length
diameter
empty
gross
engines	1 LR-105-7
thrust	386.4 kN
Atlas D
SI	316 s
burntime	266 seconds
fuel	RP-1/LOX

General Dynamics |country-origin = United States

Atlas D The Atlas H was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was used to launch five clusters of NOSS satellites for the US National Reconnaissance Office. Two flights also carried LiPS satellites, as secondary payloads for the United States Naval Research Laboratory.

The Atlas H was a stage and a half rocket, using the enhanced Atlas rocket designed for use as the first stage of the Atlas G rocket, which differed from the Atlas H in having a Centaur upper stage. This stage was later reused as the first stage of the Atlas I. In practice, an MSD upper stage was flown on all five launches.

Atlas H could put a payload of 3,630 kg (8,000 lb) into low Earth orbit, or a payload of 2,255 kg (4,971 lb) into a geostationary transfer orbit.

Launches

The Atlas H was launched five times from Vandenberg SLC3E:

Date	Mission	Mass (kg)	Apogee (km)	Perigee (km)	Inclination º
1983 February 9	NOSS 4 - PARCAE 5 / OPS 0252	700	1,186	1,063	63.40
SSB - SSU	700	1,489	733	63.40
SSD (NOSS 4) - NOSS-Subsat 4-4		1,419	796	63.40
SSC - SSU		1,173	1,043	63.50
SSA - SSU		1,166	1,051	63.40
SSA (NOSS 4) - NOSS-Subsat 4-1 / OPS 0252 DEB		1,164	1,051	63.50
LIPS 2		1,399	822	63.30
1983 June 9	NOSS 5 - PARCAE 6 / OPS 6432	700	1,167	1,049	63.40
GB1 - SSU		1,167	1,049	63.40
GB3 - SSU		1,166	1,049	63.40
GB2 - SSU		1,167	1,049	63.40
1984 February 5	NOSS 6 - PARCAE 7 / OPS 8737	700	1,172	1,052	63.40
JD1 - SSU		1,172	1,052	63.40
JD2 - SSU		1,172	1,052	63.40
JD3 - SSU		1,172	1,052	63.40
1986 February 9	USA 15 - PARCAE 8	700	1,166	1,049	63.00
USA 18 - SSU		1,407	817	63.41
USA 16 - SSU		1,161	1,055	63.00
USA 17 - SSU		1,165	1,055	63.00
1987 May 15	USA 22 - PARCAE 9	700	1,179	1,045	62.90
LIPS 3		1,316	899	63.40
USA 25 - SSU		1,178	1,035	62.60
USA 24 - SSU		1,184	1,046	63.20
USA 23 - SSU		1,170	1,039	63.40

References

"Atlas H".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080814122431/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/atlas.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica - Atlas]
[http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/atlas-h_msd.htm Gunter's Space Page - Atlas-H MSD]

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

rockets-and-missiles atlas-(rocket-family)

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Atlas H — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report