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Rocket file · LV-239

Atlas E Altair

Convair · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas E Altair is an expendable launch vehicle built by Convair. It lifts 210 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 11 April 1990. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
HeightNOT ON FILE
DiameterNOT ON FILE
Payload to LEO210 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight11 April 1990
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights1
Successful1
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantE Altair

About Atlas E Altair

The Atlas E/F (or SB-1A) was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket built using parts of decommissioned SM-65 Atlas missiles. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Atlas E Altair is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Aquila - Altair
Aquila - AltairFernando de Gorocica · CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas E Altair flown?
1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
What is Atlas E Altair's success rate?
100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
How much can Atlas E Altair lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas E Altair at 210 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Atlas E Altair reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas E Altair as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.