🚀Launchpad

SM-65F Atlas

Convair

Manufacturer
Convair
Family
Atlas, Atlas F
Maiden flight
1961-08-08
Launches
9
Successful
8

The SM-65F Atlas, or Atlas-F, was the final operational variant of the Atlas missile, only differing from the Atlas E in the launch facility and guidance package used. It first flew on 8 August 1961, and was deployed as an operational ICBM between 1961 and 1966. Following retirement as an ICBM, the Atlas-F, along with the Atlas-E, was refurbished for orbital launches as the Atlas E/F.