Proposed Atlas

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Proposed Atlas

Part of Atlas

WS-107
WS-107 Concept 1. Before the Tea Pot report, Atlas was to have five thrust chambers and double the throw weight.
Credit: Ronald Wade

American orbital launch vehicle. The April 1953 design for the Atlas at the time of Convair's proposal used five main engines to power a 200 metric tone rocket able to send a 1400 kg nuclear warhead over a 10,200 km range. CEP was 1850 m.

Status: Design 1953. Payload: 1,360 kg (2,990 lb). Thrust: 1,210.00 kN (272,010 lbf). Gross mass: 200,000 kg (440,000 lb). Height: 34.00 m (111.00 ft). Diameter: 3.66 m (12.00 ft).

Maximum range: 10,200 km (6,300 mi). CEP: 0.46 km (0.28 mi).

Family: orbital launch vehicle. Country: USA. Agency: Convair.

During 1952 - . LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Proposed Atlas.

Reduced thermonuclear warhead size will allow American ICBM's to be smaller. - . Nation: USA. Atlas 3000-pound warhead anticipated, 1500-foot CEP.

Spring 1953 - . LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Proposed Atlas.

Atlas size reduced. - . Nation: USA. Atlas 12-foot diameter, 110 feet long, 440,000 pounds, 3000-pound warhead, 5500 nautical mile range, 1500-foot CEP.

1954 March - . LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Proposed Atlas.

First Atlas hardware. - . Nation: USA. 12-foot diameter Atlas tank completed by Solar.

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