Spaceflight Now: Atlas Launch Report
Russian engine powers Atlas 3

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Posted: August 2, 2000


The Russian-made RD-180 engine, a two-nozzle powerplant, boosts the Lockheed Martin Atlas 3A rocket skyward on its maiden voyage from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Source video: Lockheed Martin (280k, 34sec QuickTime file).

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