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Atlas E

15FLIGHTS
100%SUCCESS
15STREAK
Oct 1960FIRST FLIGHT
NOREUSABLE

The SM-65E Atlas, or Atlas-E, was an operational variant of the Atlas missile. It first flew on 11 October 1960, and was deployed as an operational ICBM from September 1961 until April 1966. Following retirement as an ICBM, the Atlas-E, along with the Atlas-F, was refurbished for orbital launches as the Atlas E/F.