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Atlas E/OIS

Convair · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas E/OIS is an expendable launch vehicle built by Convair. It lifts 870 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 13 March 1985. 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 LEO870 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight13 March 1985
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/OIS

About Atlas E/OIS

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/OIS 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.

Pont Atlas at night in Liege, Belgium (DSCF3324)
Pont Atlas at night in Liege, Belgium (DSCF3324)Trougnouf · CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Pont Atlas at night in Liege, Belgium (DSCF3325)
Pont Atlas at night in Liege, Belgium (DSCF3325)Trougnouf · CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Pont Atlas at night in Liege, Belgium (DSCF3326)
Pont Atlas at night in Liege, Belgium (DSCF3326)Trougnouf · CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas E/OIS flown?
1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
What is Atlas E/OIS's success rate?
100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
How much can Atlas E/OIS lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas E/OIS at 870 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Atlas E/OIS reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas E/OIS as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.