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Atlas E/MSD
Part of Atlas
American orbital launch vehicle. Atlas E + 1 x MSD upper stage.

Status: Retired 1980. First Launch: 1980-12-09. Last Launch: 1980-12-09. Number: 1 . Thrust: 1,731.00 kN (389,144 lbf). Gross mass: 122,000 kg (268,000 lb). Height: 27.30 m (89.50 ft). Diameter: 3.05 m (10.00 ft). Apogee: 1,100 km (600 mi).


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Family: orbital launch vehicle. Country: USA. Spacecraft: NOSS, LIPS. Launch Sites: Vandenberg, Vandenberg SLC3W. Stages: Atlas E/F, Atlas MA-3, Altair 3. Agency: Convair.

1980 December 9 - . 07:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC3W. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas E/MSD. FAILURE: Premature shut down of one of the Atlas booster engines turned the vehicle around, thereafter the sustainer thrust it back toward the earth.. Failed Stage: 1.

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