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Wolfram Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm and research organisation based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Wolfram Aerospace develops launch vehicles, rockets and satellites.

History
Wolfram Aerospace was founded in 1986 by Thom K Henson, employing 50 people and occupying a building near Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Atlas Programme
Wolfram Aerospace launched the Atlas programme in January 1987 with planned missions to study the geography of Mars and Mercury. Both spacecraft departed near the New Years period of 1988, and arrived in late-spring.

After the perceived success of both missions, Wolfram Aerospace launched two subsequent flights to Jupiter and Venus. Due to the composition and relative nature of both planets, focus drifted off to the atmosphere composition of each planet. Both spacecraft departed in late 1988, with arrivals being April 1989 for the Venus spacecraft and October 1990 for the Jupiter spacecraft.

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Atlas
The Atlas program was the first space programme, initially launching in 1986.