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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 .
ULA launched its Atlas V rocket with payloads for the U.S. Space Force and Department of Defense from LC-41 Friday, July 1, at 7:17 p.m.
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]
List of Atlas launches (1970–1979) List of Atlas launches (1980–1989) List of Atlas launches (1990–1999) List of Atlas launches (2000–2009), first Atlas V launch in 2002, last Atlas III launch in 2005; List of Atlas launches (2010–2019) List of Atlas launches (2020–2029) In addition, the variants Atlas LV3C and Atlas LV3B have ...
Mission controllers declared Monday’s launch “scrub” after an anomaly was detected on a valve on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, which the Starliner capsule was to ride into orbit.
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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 ...
Date / time Rocket Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch outcome AV-030 February 24, 2012, 22:15 Atlas V 551: CCAFS SLC-41: MUOS-1: 6,740 kg GTO: DoD: Success [10] First Mobile User Objective System satellite; heaviest payload launched by Atlas V to date; 200th Centaur upper stage. AV-031 May 4, 2012, 18:42 Atlas V 531: CCAFS ...