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The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas-Agena and Atlas SLV-3 articles should be merged into SM-65D Atlas as subsections since both launch vehicles are simple variants of the SM-65D Atlas / Atlas D launch vehicle. Ajh1492 ( talk) 09:20, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
'Those Atlas D launch vehicles used in the Mercury programme were also referred to as Atlas-Mercury and could place payloads of 1360 kg into a low-Earth orbit. The remainder of the Atlas D missiles were used as first stages in the Atlas configurations with the Agena, Able and Centaur upper stages although the actual disposition is not known.' Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles - SLV-3/SB-1/SB-2 Atlas
'As a military missile substantial numbers were built but due to their slow response time when under attack, they were gradually replaced by HGM/LGM-25 Titan and LGM-30 Minuteman missiles. The Atlas missiles which became available in this manner were used as launch vehicles, either by themselves or in combination with an upper stage.' Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles - SLV-3/SB-1/SB-2 Atlas
'The first operational missile, the Atlas D, was the basis for launching the Mercury manned spacecraft into orbit. By use of Agena and Centaur upper stages, the Atlas became the medium-lift workhorse of American manned, reconnaissance, planetary, and geosynchronous-orbit space programs.' Encyclopedia Astronautica: Atlas
Ajh1492 ( talk) 17:07, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Somehow it would be nice to emphasise (eg in the info box) that the boosters had no propellant internally, and their engines were fed from the central/core tanks. Can we give the mass of the boosters ? - Rod57 ( talk) 10:40, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
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The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas-Agena and Atlas SLV-3 articles should be merged into SM-65D Atlas as subsections since both launch vehicles are simple variants of the SM-65D Atlas / Atlas D launch vehicle. Ajh1492 ( talk) 09:20, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
'Those Atlas D launch vehicles used in the Mercury programme were also referred to as Atlas-Mercury and could place payloads of 1360 kg into a low-Earth orbit. The remainder of the Atlas D missiles were used as first stages in the Atlas configurations with the Agena, Able and Centaur upper stages although the actual disposition is not known.' Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles - SLV-3/SB-1/SB-2 Atlas
'As a military missile substantial numbers were built but due to their slow response time when under attack, they were gradually replaced by HGM/LGM-25 Titan and LGM-30 Minuteman missiles. The Atlas missiles which became available in this manner were used as launch vehicles, either by themselves or in combination with an upper stage.' Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles - SLV-3/SB-1/SB-2 Atlas
'The first operational missile, the Atlas D, was the basis for launching the Mercury manned spacecraft into orbit. By use of Agena and Centaur upper stages, the Atlas became the medium-lift workhorse of American manned, reconnaissance, planetary, and geosynchronous-orbit space programs.' Encyclopedia Astronautica: Atlas
Ajh1492 ( talk) 17:07, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Somehow it would be nice to emphasise (eg in the info box) that the boosters had no propellant internally, and their engines were fed from the central/core tanks. Can we give the mass of the boosters ? - Rod57 ( talk) 10:40, 10 June 2020 (UTC)