Atlas E/OIS

In-active

Convair ()

March 13, 1985

Description

The Atlas E/F (or SB-1A) was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket built using parts of decommissioned SM-65 Atlas missiles. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Atlas E/OIS
  • Family
  • Variant
    E/OIS
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Atlas E/OIS
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    870.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • 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 E/OIS | Geosat 1

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 13, 1985, 2 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Oceanographic radar altimetry satellite designed to obtain mapping of the Earth's geoid

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