USAF SM-65E Atlas DMSP-5D2 F12

Name: USAF SM-65E Atlas DMSP-5D2 F12
Start: 1994-08-29T17:38:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 3W

SM-65E Atlas

Status

Success

Date

29 AUG 1994

17:38

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 3W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Military meteorological satellite

Rocket

SM-65E Atlas

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The SM-65E Atlas, or Atlas-E, was an operational variant of the Atlas missile. It first flew on 11 October 1960, and was deployed as an operational ICBM from September 1961 until April 1966. Following retirement as an ICBM, the Atlas-E, along with the Atlas-F, was refurbished for orbital launches as the Atlas E/F.