SM-65D Atlas

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The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile. Atlas D was first used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to deliver a nuclear weapon payload on a suborbital trajectory. It was later developed as a launch vehicle to carry a payload to low Earth orbit on its own, and later to geosynchronous orbit, to the Moon, Venus, or Mars with the Agena or Centaur upper stage.

564th Strategic Missile Squadron Convair SM-65D Atlas missile 58-2205564th Strategic Missile Squadron Convair SM-65D Atlas missile 58-2205
Launch sequence of an Atlas D ICBM testLaunch sequence of an Atlas D ICBM test
Atlas D with FIRE 1 at LC-12Atlas D with FIRE 1 at LC-12
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    commonsimage564th Strategic Missile Squadron Convair SM-65D Atlas missile 58-2205 Commons
    commonsimageLaunch sequence of an Atlas D ICBM test Commons
    commonsimageAtlas D with FIRE 1 at LC-12 Commons