Atlas I
Atlas I was the first commercially designated Atlas-Centaur generation, developed by General Dynamics and later carried through its corporate successors. Eleven vehicles flew from 1990 through 1997: eight nominal successes, two total Centaur failures, and one Atlas underperformance that left UHF F1 in a recoverable but incorrect orbit. The series began with CRRES and ended with GOES-K.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Atlas I-CentaurAtlas I/Centaur
- Family Name
- Atlas-Centaur
- Full Name
- Atlas I
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- I
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- Description
- Atlas I was the first commercially designated Atlas-Centaur generation, developed by General Dynamics and later carried through its corporate successors. Eleven vehicles flew from 1990 through 1997: eight nominal successes, two total Centaur failures, and one Atlas underperformance that left UHF F1 in a recoverable but incorrect orbit. The series began with CRRES and ended with GOES-K.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.05
- Height M
- 43.9
- First Flight Year
- 1,990
- Last Flight Year
- 1,997
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 164,300
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 2,610
- Leo
- 6,580
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 06:51:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:34:54 UTC
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