Atlas H

Built & Operated By
Convair
Commercial · founded 1943
Family
Atlas
variant H
Maiden Flight
9 FEB 1983
About
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.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
27 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch Mass
150 T
Thrust
2,282 kN
Stages
1
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
5
Successful
5
Failed
0
Consecutive
5
Performance
To LEO
3,630 kg
To GTO
2,255 kg