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Atlas F MSD
🇺🇸HGM-16F MSD
1:110 Scale
H:22.8 cmD:2.8 cm
~24 bricks tall~4 studs wide
Maiden Launch1976-04-30
2–3 Stages
Height / Length
25.1 m
Diameter
3.1 m
Launch Mass
118,000 kg
Takeoff Thrust
1,630 kN
Mission Profile
The Atlas F MSD (HGM-16F MSD) was a two-to-three-stage American launch vehicle in the Atlas family, a refurbished Atlas F ICBM paired with a Multiple Satellite Dispenser for deploying multiple payloads into orbit under the Atlas ICBM Program. Standing 25.1 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 April 1976, the Atlas F MSD launched clusters of military navigation and communications satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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