Project Atlas A ICBM: America's First

So soon? Oh, for Atlas A guidance...make a copy of F's guidance, rename it to A, open it and for roll, chnge the middle 100 to 85. This will give you perfect flight downrange on AMR. For Atlas B, should we make a new thread?
 
Alright. Let me fix that.

---------- Post added at 09:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:04 PM ----------

I know what you are talking about, but the only 100 there is is the engine one.

---------- Post added at 09:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:06 PM ----------

Also, give me a break. Say, two days then we can start preliminary development of the B.
 
Odd, can you post the guidance so I know what you are talking about, please?
 
-6=PlaySound(Sound\Vessel\klaxon.wav)
-1=engine(0,100,2)
1=roll(5,89,10,89,-1)
30=pitch(89,0,350)
60=PlaySound(Sound\Vessel\sonicbang.wav)
380=pitch(0,0,5000)
475=engine(-1,-1,10)
580=jettison(1)
 
Yes, I was about to say. But how soon can that blot be fixed?

---------- Post added at 10:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:09 PM ----------

Ah, yes. Where it says 10 in the middle on roll program, change that to 85.
 
The blotch can be fixed in Anim8or. I also changed it
 
Sorry, but on mine, it's still there :(. But it's late, and we should discuss this tommorrow.
 
What is? The blotch? I'll do that tomorrow. I am making more scenarios. One for Russia, Africa, and etc. What is the heading for North Korea and Iraq?

---------- Post added at 10:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:41 PM ----------

I added about 5 more scenarios.
 
Star Voyager said:
Okay, good deal. By the way, the conversation that you had with Mr. Urwumpe...it sounded like he was drinking too much Cherry Coke, if you get my meaning.
Click to expand...

Too much is starting at about 3.5 liters per day, and is really annoying, especially since the lack of potassium makes really sleepy.

But I can't drink coffee while coding.

Also it is just Urwumpe. You don't use honorific titles on call signs. Not even in the Navy. And I was also not knighted yet, to require a Mr. Urwumpe.

The Atlas A was also only flying in one direction, it was just a test vehicle. No targeting for NK, especially since it should be out of range if you use proper performance data (1100 km range). It was also only launched from Cape Canaveral.

Here, a listing from Encyclopedia Astronautica with all launches of the Atlas A. I also added the Atlas B test flights, as you plan to go on from there.

1957 June 11 - 19:37 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 4A FAILURE: Failure in the booster fuel system. Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi). First test flight of prototype WS-107A Atlas was detonated by command signal at 10,000 feet following a failure in the booster fuel system. The 23-second flight was considered a partial success.

1957 July 1 - Vandenberg -. First Atlas wing activated at Cooke AFB. Air Research and Development Command activated the 704th Strategic Missile Wing (Atlas) at Cooke AFB.

1957 September - Scheduled design complete (95%) for Atlas B-series missiles

1957 September 25 - 19:57 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 6A FAILURE: Failure in the booster fuel system. Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). Atlas was again destroyed by command signal at three minutes into flight following a failure in the booster fuel system. The 50-second active flight was considered a partial success.

1957 December 17 - 17:39 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 12A Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). First successful test firing of USAF Atlas ICBM, the missile landing in the target area after a flight of 600 miles.

1958 January 10 - 15:48 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC12. Atlas A 10A Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). A successful limited flight was made by the fourth Atlas fired from Cape Canaveral.

1958 February 7 - 19:37 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 13A FAILURE: Failure. Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).

1958 February 20 - 17:46 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC12. Atlas A 11A FAILURE: Failure. Research and development launch Agency: USAF.

1958 April 5 - 17:01 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 15A FAILURE: Failure. Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). USAF Atlas A ICBM was successfully flown from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to the impact area some 600 miles away.

1958 June 3 - 21:28 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC12. Atlas A 16A Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Last Atlas A flight, considered fully successful. Four of the eight flights were considered successful.

1958 July 19 - 17:36 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC11. Atlas B 3B FAILURE: Flight Control Failure. Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). First full-powered flight of USAF Atlas B ICBM using both the sustainer and booster engines. 'Marginally successful'.

1958 August 2 - 22:16 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC13. Atlas B 4B Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi). Second full-powered flight of USAF Atlas ICBM traveled 2,500 miles with radio-inertial guidance, fully successful.

1958 August 29 - 04:30 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC11. Atlas B 5B Research and development / AFSWC-1 test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).

1958 September 14 - 05:24 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas B 8B Research and development / AFSWC-2 test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).

1958 September 18 - 21:27 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC13. Atlas B 6B FAILURE: Failure. Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1958 November 18 - 04:00 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC11. Atlas B 9B Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).

1958 November 29 - 02:27 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas B 12B Research and development / AFSWC-3 test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi). Less than 18 months after the first flight, a USAF Atlas made its first successful full-range operational test flight in a 6,325 statute-mile flight, landed close to its target.


1958 December 18 - 23:02 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC11. Atlas B 10B Score Mass: 70 kg (154 lb). Spacecraft: Score. Agency: DARPA. Perigee: 185 km (114 mi). Apogee: 1,484 km (922 mi). Inclination: 32.30 deg. Period: 101.50 min. Signal Communication by Orbiting Relay Equipment; first commsat; transmitted taped messages for 13 days.
Click to expand...


The Atlas C was also just launched from the Cape, the Atlas D was the first deployed ICBM, which aimed for Russia.
 
MJR said:
...
I added some materials to the booster stage so it looks more like Atlas A in the pictures.
Click to expand...

Those details should be added by texturing and not by adding extra geometric details on the rocket's model. What you should do is to wrap some textures (any texture will do, it can be solid color, for example) around the rocket parts (cylindrical projection for the main rocket body). Each Atlas variation can use the same mesh geometry, but the textures should point to different files. Each Atlas can be done with 3 or 4 textures, and of course Mercury-Atlas is already done ;) !
To make the necessary changes for each rocket version, I'd need some reference photos to work from and the textured versions of the rocket on orbiter hangar.
 
4throck said:
Those details should be added by texturing and not by adding extra geometric details on the rocket's model. What you should do is to wrap some textures (any texture will do, it can be solid color, for example) around the rocket parts (cylindrical projection for the main rocket body). Each Atlas variation can use the same mesh geometry, but the textures should point to different files. Each Atlas can be done with 3 or 4 textures, and of course Mercury-Atlas is already done ;) !
To make the necessary changes for each rocket version, I'd need some reference photos to work from and the textured versions of the rocket on orbiter hangar.
Click to expand...
Like I said before I am horrific a texturing.

Too much is starting at about 3.5 liters per day, and is really annoying, especially since the lack of potassium makes really sleepy.

But I can't drink coffee while coding.

Also it is just Urwumpe. You don't use honorific titles on call signs. Not even in the Navy. And I was also not knighted yet, to require a Mr. Urwumpe.

The Atlas A was also only flying in one direction, it was just a test vehicle. No targeting for NK, especially since it should be out of range if you use proper performance data (1100 km range). It was also only launched from Cape Canaveral.

Here, a listing from Encyclopedia Astronautica with all launches of the Atlas A. I also added the Atlas B test flights, as you plan to go on from there.

Quote:
1957 June 11 - 19:37 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 4A FAILURE: Failure in the booster fuel system. Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi). First test flight of prototype WS-107A Atlas was detonated by command signal at 10,000 feet following a failure in the booster fuel system. The 23-second flight was considered a partial success.

1957 July 1 - Vandenberg -. First Atlas wing activated at Cooke AFB. Air Research and Development Command activated the 704th Strategic Missile Wing (Atlas) at Cooke AFB.

1957 September - Scheduled design complete (95%) for Atlas B-series missiles

1957 September 25 - 19:57 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 6A FAILURE: Failure in the booster fuel system. Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). Atlas was again destroyed by command signal at three minutes into flight following a failure in the booster fuel system. The 50-second active flight was considered a partial success.

1957 December 17 - 17:39 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 12A Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). First successful test firing of USAF Atlas ICBM, the missile landing in the target area after a flight of 600 miles.

1958 January 10 - 15:48 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC12. Atlas A 10A Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). A successful limited flight was made by the fourth Atlas fired from Cape Canaveral.

1958 February 7 - 19:37 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 13A FAILURE: Failure. Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).

1958 February 20 - 17:46 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC12. Atlas A 11A FAILURE: Failure. Research and development launch Agency: USAF.

1958 April 5 - 17:01 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas A 15A FAILURE: Failure. Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). USAF Atlas A ICBM was successfully flown from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to the impact area some 600 miles away.

1958 June 3 - 21:28 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC12. Atlas A 16A Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Last Atlas A flight, considered fully successful. Four of the eight flights were considered successful.

1958 July 19 - 17:36 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC11. Atlas B 3B FAILURE: Flight Control Failure. Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). First full-powered flight of USAF Atlas B ICBM using both the sustainer and booster engines. 'Marginally successful'.

1958 August 2 - 22:16 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC13. Atlas B 4B Research and development test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi). Second full-powered flight of USAF Atlas ICBM traveled 2,500 miles with radio-inertial guidance, fully successful.

1958 August 29 - 04:30 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC11. Atlas B 5B Research and development / AFSWC-1 test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).

1958 September 14 - 05:24 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas B 8B Research and development / AFSWC-2 test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).

1958 September 18 - 21:27 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC13. Atlas B 6B FAILURE: Failure. Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1958 November 18 - 04:00 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC11. Atlas B 9B Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).

1958 November 29 - 02:27 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC14. Atlas B 12B Research and development / AFSWC-3 test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi). Less than 18 months after the first flight, a USAF Atlas made its first successful full-range operational test flight in a 6,325 statute-mile flight, landed close to its target.


1958 December 18 - 23:02 GMT - Cape Canaveral LC11. Atlas B 10B Score Mass: 70 kg (154 lb). Spacecraft: Score. Agency: DARPA. Perigee: 185 km (114 mi). Apogee: 1,484 km (922 mi). Inclination: 32.30 deg. Period: 101.50 min. Signal Communication by Orbiting Relay Equipment; first commsat; transmitted taped messages for 13 days.



The Atlas C was also just launched from the Cape, the Atlas D was the first deployed ICBM, which aimed for Russia
Click to expand...
It doesn't hurt to be creative. I knew that the Atlas A couldn't go that far, but it would be boring doing the regular flights.

---------- Post added at 10:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:17 AM ----------

An idea crossed my mind Urwumpe. I will make to scenario folders. A fictional one and a historical one. Hopefully I can make the historical ones accurate.
 
Should be simpler for the Atlas A-C, as they have been test vehicles. The operational activities are only known, when they went wrong.
 
I only included the successful ones. I could do the failure ones just modify multiple guidance and screw up the plan. Do you have the F flights?
 
MJR said:
I only included the successful ones. I could do the failure ones just modify multiple guidance and screw up the plan. Do you have the F flights?
Click to expand...

Only those listed in the astronautix article.
 
For Mr. 4throck, here are some photos you requested:

http://www.siloworld.com/MISSILE%20%20LAUNCHES/CAPE/Launches/atlas.htm

For Mr. MJR, the Atlas is perfect! I hope to see others enjoy it to, especially with the new guidance (I hope Kim Jong Il 2 isn't monitoring!). By the way, there's really no telling if that article is completely accurate. But the guy across the street from me has been working at the Cape since 1962. I'm sure he might know some things...and your new avatar is pretty funny, too. What made you change it?
 
I recently tested the new scenarios pack and found that it was not working. I have just updated it so, if you were having problems, apply the new update.
 
Fixes the historical scenarios because it was misleading the configuration file to the guidance file. The other update added more time for the warhead to be maintained on the booster so that you can burn the engine more.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

P
Author looking for Guidance for a Novel set in Space
Replies
6
Views
2K
N_Molson
N_Molson
LadyCroussette
Project Sailing a Brig
2
Replies
22
Views
7K
Thunder Chicken
Thunder Chicken
LadyCroussette
Project Bases for the Solar System
2
Replies
32
Views
11K
GodAtum
G
polaris149Tiberius
Tutorial Tutorial Development On Orbiter 2016 Stock Space Shuttle ISS to KSC Ballistic Re-entry Case Study Project -v1.0
Replies
0
Views
5K
polaris149Tiberius
polaris149Tiberius
TorchDesigner
Discussion Orbiter User Requirements and Post-2024 Development
2
Replies
21
Views
18K
Lucy
Lucy
Back
Top