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Yes, it was originally designed in the 1950s as an ICBM that carried a W-49 thermonuclear warhead with a yield of 1.44 megatons. Later the warhead was upgraded to a W-38 thermonuclear warhead with a yield of 3.75 megatons. As an ICBM it became obsolete in the 1960s with the deployment of the Minuteman.

NASA used the Atlas in Project Mercury for orbital flights and in Project Gemini to launch the Agena docking vehicles.

Atlas in various improved versions continues to be used for launching both civilian and military satellites.

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