Atlas IIIB

In-active

Lockheed Martin (LMT)

Feb. 21, 2002

Description

American orbital launch vehicle used between 2000 and 2005.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    52.8 m
  • Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    213 T
  • Thrust
    4149 kN
Family
  • Name
    Atlas IIIB
  • Family
  • Variant
    IIIB
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Atlas IIIB
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    10218 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    4498 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Lockheed Martin

Commercial
None
LMT 1953

Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.

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