Head to head

Atlas V 401 vs PSLV

Two vehicles in the same payload class. Every figure below comes from the same two sources for both rockets, and a row appears only when both publish the input.

Payload to low Earth orbit

Relative

Atlas V 401: 9,050 kg

PSLV: 3,800 kg

Side by side

12 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	Atlas V 401	PSLV
Flights flown	41	30
Success rate	100%	93.3%
Payload to LEO (kg)	9,050	3,800
Payload to GTO (kg)	4,950	1,200
Payload to SSO (kg)	6,670	1,092
Launch cost	$115M	$16M
Cost per kg to LEO	$12,707	$4,211
Liftoff thrust (kN)	3,827	4,847
Length (m)	58.3	44
Diameter (m)	3.8	2.8
Launch mass (t)	590	230
Stages	2	4

Atlas V 401

Flight record

100% success rate41 of 41 flown

2002peak 2014 · 7 flights2022

Maiden flight 2002-08-21. Retired.

PSLV

Flight record

93.3% success rate28 of 30 flown · 2 failed

1993peak 2007 · 2 flights2024

Maiden flight 2007-04-23. Still flying.

Atlas V 401 is built by United Launch Alliance of the United States (company profile on Space Index).PSLV is built by Indian Space Research Organization of India (company profile on Space Index).

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Atlas V 401 · PSLV.

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.