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In 2013, launch costs for commercial satellites to GTO averaged about US$100 million, significantly lower than historic Atlas V pricing. [52] However, after the rise of reusable rockets , the price of an Atlas V [401] has dropped from approximately US$180 million to US$109 million, [ 53 ] in large part due to competitive pressure that emerged ...
Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 (CCAFS SLC-41) 2006 [15] 2006.01.19 New Horizons (Pluto) Atlas V 551 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 (CCAFS SLC-41) 2006.03.22 Space Technology 5 (ST-5) Pegasus XL: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) 2006.04.28
Falcon 9 Block 5, the most prolific active orbital launch system in the world. This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains rockets that are operational or have attempted an orbital flight attempt as of 2024; a second list ...
Lockheed Martin continued to market the Atlas V to commercial customers until September 2021, when it announced that the rocket will be retired after fulfilling the remaining 29 launch contracts. [20] [21] Atlas V is built in Decatur, Alabama, and maintains two launch sites: Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and ...
The two satellites are now scheduled to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as early as Sept. 26 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41, according to ...
The launch was originally planned for 4 December 2014, but high winds and valve issues caused the launch to be rescheduled for 5 December 2014. [ 98 ] On August 12, 2018, another Delta IV Heavy launched the Parker Solar Probe on a mission to explore or "touch" the outer corona of the Sun. [ 99 ]
Two NASA payloads hitched a ride to orbit in a $1.14 billion Space Force mission.
The Atlas V's launch of NASA's InSight to Mars in 2018 was the first interplanetary probe to depart from the U.S. West Coast. [79] In August 2018, a Delta IV Heavy launched Parker Solar Probe , NASA's solar space probe that was to visit and study the Sun 's outer corona in August 2018. [ 143 ]