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The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978. It was used to launch the first five Mariner uncrewed probes to the planets Venus and Mars, and the Ranger and Lunar Orbiter uncrewed probes to the Moon. The upper stage was also used as an uncrewed orbital target vehicle for the Gemini crewed spacecraft to practice rendezvous and docking. However, the launch vehicle family was originally developed for the Air Force and most of its launches were classified DoD payloads.

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expendable launch vehicleConvair, United States
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  • Atlas-Agena B
    type of expendable launch system
  • Atlas-Agena D
    type of expendable launch system
  • Atlas-LV3
    American rocket stage
  • Atlas-Agena A
    model of expendable launch system
Atlas-Agena launching Lunar Orbiter 4Atlas-Agena launching Lunar Orbiter 4
Atlas-Agena 5 carrying the Mariner 1 spacecraft lifting off from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 12Atlas-Agena 5 carrying the Mariner 1 spacecraft lifting off from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 12
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    classrocketAtlas-Agena BAtlas-AgenaWikidata
    classrocketAtlas-Agena DAtlas-AgenaWikidata
    classrocketAtlas-LV3Atlas-AgenaWikidata
    classrocket1960Atlas-Agena AAtlas-AgenaWikidata
    commonsimageAtlas-Agena launching Lunar Orbiter 4 Commons
    commonsimageAtlas-Agena 5 carrying the Mariner 1 spacecraft lifting off from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 12 Commons