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This is a list of launches made by the Atlas rocket family, derived from the SM-65 Atlas ICBM. The currently operational variant, Atlas V, has flown 81 consecutive missions without failure between October 2007 and January 2022. Due to the size of the list, it has been split by decade: List of Atlas launches (1957–1959)
Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle. [12] NASA is in charge of building, launching, and testing the satellite, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) operates the satellite, and manages and distributes the data archive. [13]
This was the first launch of the Atlas V 551 configuration with five solid rocket boosters, and the first Atlas V with a third stage. [ 184 ] On 6 December 2015, Atlas V lifted its heaviest payload to date into orbit – a 16,517 lb (7,492 kg) Cygnus resupply craft .
This is a list of NRO Launch ... Atlas V 401 39,899 × 461 km × 63.4° [39] Quasar 16 [4] Communications: Entered service, presumed active L-25: Altair
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket vaulted from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:36 p.m. EDT, Tues., Oct. 4.
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2025, including launches planned for 2025 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2025 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2025, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2025.
Atlas V 401 AV-098 Vandenberg SLC-3E: ULA: NOAA-21 (JPSS-2) NOAA: Low Earth Meteorology: In orbit: Operational LOFTID: NASA Langley / ULA: Low Earth to Suborbital: Technology demonstration: 10 November 12:02: Successful Final Atlas V launch from Vandenberg. Final flight of Atlas V 401 configuration and final Atlas V flight with the four meter ...
Atlas V 551: CCAFS SLC-41: MUOS-5: 6,740 kg GTO: DoD: Success [45] Fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite. AV-065 July 28, 2016, 12:37 Atlas V 421: CCAFS SLC-41: USA 267 Classified GTO: NRO: Success [46] First fourth-generation SDS satellite; also known as QUASAR 20. [47] AV-067 September 8, 2016, 23:05 Atlas V 411: CCAFS SLC-41: OSIRIS ...