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== Specifications == [[File:Atlas evolution.png|thumb|Atlas launch vehicle evolution, including the unflown Atlas V HLV (far right)]] * '''Primary contractor''': Lockheed Martin (airframe, assembly, avionics, test and systems integration)<ref>Spaceflight Now, [http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac162/011007atlas2as.html Atlas IIAS] (accessed September 24, 2014)</ref> * '''Principal subcontractors''': Rocketdyne (first stage engines), Pratt & Whitney (second stage engines), Honeywell & Teledyne (avionics), and Thiokol (solid rocket boosters)<ref name=ppg /> * '''Engines''': ** '''First stage''': 1 Γ [[RS-56]]-OSA ** '''Boosters''' (MA-5A): 1 Γ [[RS-56]]-OBA each (2 total) ** '''Boosters''' (Atlas IIAS): 1 Γ [[Castor 4A]] each (4 total) ** '''Second stage''': 2 Γ [[RL10]]A-3-3A or [[RL10]]A-4 * '''Thrust''': 494,500 lbf (2,200 kN) * '''Length''': Up to 156 ft (47.54 m); 16 ft (4.87 m) high engine cluster * '''Core diameter''': 10 feet (3.04 m) * '''Gross liftoff weight''': 414,000 lb (204,300 kg) * '''Fairing options''': 3 (Medium, Large, Extended)<ref name=ppg /> * '''Models''': II, IIA, and IIAS * '''Launch Sites''': [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], [[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36|LC-36]] and [[Vandenberg Space Force Base|Vandenberg]], [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3|SLC-3E]]
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