Rockets / United States Air Force
Atlas Agena B
Atlas LV-3 Agena B · United States Air Force · retired
Total launches
29
all time
Success rate
27.6%
21 of 29
Failed
8
all time
Pending
0
0 on the board
About this vehicle
The Atlas LV-3A was a largely unsuccessful configuration until it was given an Agena B upper stage. It was responsible for the launch of Mariner II to Venus and had one of the first engines that could be restarted in orbit.
Source: Launch Library 2 record #183
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- United States Air Force
- Status
- Retired / inactive
- Reusable
- No
- Maiden flight
- 1961-01-31
- Height
- 20.3 m
- Diameter
- 3.0 m
- Liftoff mass
- 130 t
- Thrust
- 363 kN
- Stages
- —
- Payload to LEO
- —
- Payload to GTO
- —
- Launch cost
- 14210000
Next flights on this rocket
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Where it flies from
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