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The last Atlas E/F spacecraft launch was conducted on 24 March 1995, using a rocket which had originally been built as an Atlas-E. The last Atlas E/F launch to use a rocket which had originally been built as an Atlas-F was conducted on 23 June 1981. [13] Atlas E/F was used to launch the Block I series of GPS satellites from 1978 to 1985. The ...
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)
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 .
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 is a list of Atlas rocket launches which took place during the period 1990-1999. ... 550th Atlas launch 1998-10-09 22:50 Atlas IIA: AC-134 CCAFS SLC-36B: Hot Bird 5:
Improper separation of a lanyard during booster jettison reset the Atlas programmer and caused erroneous flight path. RSO T+413 seconds. 1975-04-13 00:51 Atlas E/F-Star-17A: 71F VAFB SLC-3W: P72-2: LEO (target) Failure Rocket damaged by explosion of LOX/RP-1 glob in flame trench during launch, leading to sustainer engine failure during ascent.
The Atlas III (known as the Atlas II-AR (R for Russian) early in development [3]) was an American orbital launch vehicle, used in the years between 2000 and 2005. [4] It was developed from the highly successful Atlas II rocket and shared many components. [1]
Atlas I was the last use of the classic Atlas design with three engines, a jettisonable booster section, and two vernier engines. While retaining most of those features, Atlas II replaced the verniers with a hydrazine roll control system. [2] An Atlas I (serial number AC-69) on Pad 36B prior to launch of the CRRES satellite in 1990.