Atlas E/F

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Atlas E/F

Launch of Atlas E/F X4 with a U.S. Navy payload
Function	Expendable launch system Sounding rocket
Manufacturer	Convair General Dynamics Lockheed
Country of origin	United States
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	LC-576 and SLC-3, VAFB
Total launches	65
Success(es)	56
Failure(s)	9
First flight	6 April 1968
Last flight	24 March 1995
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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.

The first stage was built using parts taken from decommissioned Atlas-E and Atlas-F missiles, with various solid propellant upper stages used depending on the requirements of the payload.^[1] The Atlas E/F was also used without an upper stage for a series of re-entry vehicle tests. On a single launch, an RM-81 Agena liquid-propellant upper stage was used.^[2]