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Rocket file · LV-248

Atlas F/PTS

Convair · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas F/PTS is an expendable launch vehicle built by Convair. It first flew on 14 July 1974. 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 LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight14 July 1974
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
VariantF/PTS

About Atlas F/PTS

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 F/PTS is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas F/PTS flown?
1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
What is Atlas F/PTS's success rate?
100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
How much can Atlas F/PTS lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Atlas F/PTS.
Is Atlas F/PTS reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas F/PTS as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.