Atlas-Agena D Launch Vehicle
Atlas-Agena D combined Atlas D, SLV-3, or stretched SLV-3C first stages with Lockheed's standardized, restartable Agena D upper stage. NASA used it for Mariner 3 through 5, Gemini Agena target vehicles, Lunar Orbiter 1 through 5, ATS 1 through 3, OAO 1, and OGO 5; later operational missions extended the family through 1978.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Atlas Agena DAtlas/Agena D
- Family Name
- Atlas-Agena D
- Full Name
- Atlas-Agena D Launch Vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- Agena D
Details
- Description
- Atlas-Agena D combined Atlas D, SLV-3, or stretched SLV-3C first stages with Lockheed's standardized, restartable Agena D upper stage. NASA used it for Mariner 3 through 5, Gemini Agena target vehicles, Lunar Orbiter 1 through 5, ATS 1 through 3, OAO 1, and OGO 5; later operational missions extended the family through 1978.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3
- Height M
- 30.6
- First Flight Year
- 1,963
- Last Flight Year
- 1,978
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 125,028
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 2,718
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas-Agena
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- July 13, 2026 at 07:21:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:34:48 UTC
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