🚀Launchpad

SM-65E Atlas

Convair

Manufacturer
Convair
Family
Atlas, Atlas E
Maiden flight
1960-10-11
Launches
15
Successful
15

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.