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\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Atlas-Agena D
\<COLOUR 1> HEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 31.1 metres
\<COLOUR 1> LIFT-OFF THRUST: \<COLOUR 0> 167 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> NO OF STAGES: \<COLOUR 0> 21
\<COLOUR 1> PROPELLANTS: \<COLOUR 0> Boosters and sustainer, kerosene/liquid oxygen; second stage, UDMH/nitric acid
\<COLOUR 1> PAYLOAD: \<COLOUR 0> Early lunar and planetary probes
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Cape Canaveral, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> A successful early launch vehicle, which sees nearly 40 launches into orbit between 1963 and 1978.