Atlas H

In-active

Convair ()

Feb. 9, 1983

Description

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    1
  • Length
    27.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Launch Mass
    150.0 T
  • Thrust
    2282.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Atlas H
  • Family
  • Variant
    H
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Atlas H
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    3630.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    2255.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Convair

Commercial
None
1943

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.

Atlas H | Parcae 9A,B,C & MSD 9

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1987, 3:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas H | Parcae 8A,B,C & MSD 8

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 9, 1986, 10:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas H | Parcae 7A,B,C & MSD 7

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 5, 1984, 6:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas H | Parcae 6A,B,C & MSD 6

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 9, 1983, 11:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas H | Parcae 5A,B,C & MSD 5

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 9, 1983, 1:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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