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Atlas D Able
🇺🇸SM-65D Able
1:110 Scale
H:25.5 cmD:2.8 cm
~27 bricks tall~4 studs wide
Maiden Launch1959-11-26
2–3 Stages
Height / Length
28 m
Diameter
3.1 m
Launch Mass
118,000 kg
Takeoff Thrust
1,630 kN
Mission Profile
The Atlas D Able (SM-65D Able) was a two-to-three-stage American launch vehicle in the Atlas family, pairing an Atlas D booster with an Able upper stage under the Atlas ICBM Program for early interplanetary and high-altitude missions. Standing 28 m tall with a 3.1 m diameter and a liftoff mass of 118 tonnes, it generated 1,630 kN of liftoff thrust. First flying in November 1959, the Atlas D Able was used for early lunar and interplanetary probe attempts, including Pioneer missions to the Moon.
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