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Atlas family

Atlas IIAS

RetiredUnited StatesLockheed MartinSpec: IIAS

Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.

Flights flown30
Success rate100%30/30
Payload to LEO6,580kg
Maiden flight1993-12-16
Peak year19975 flights

Atlas IIAS is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 16 December 1993 and last flew on 31 August 2004.

Flight record

30 records
100% success rate30 of 30 flown
1993peak 1997 · 5 flights2004
First flight1993-12-16
Latest flight2004-08-31
Failures0
Consecutive successes30
Fastest turnaround31d 8h

Payload

Per mission profile
Low Earth orbit6,580kg
Geostationary transfer orbit2,810kg

Vehicle

IIAS spec
Stages3
Length47.54m
Diameter3.04m
Launch mass204t
Liftoff thrust4,391kN
Maiden flight1993-12-16
ReusableNo

Pads used

3 pads
Launch Complex 36B17Launch Complex 36A10Space Launch Complex 3E3

Orbits delivered

5 orbits
Geostationary Orbit23Low Earth Orbit3Geosynchronous Orbit2Heliocentric L11Polar Orbit1

Compare

Same payload class
vs Soyuz Uvs Tsiklon-3vs Tsiklon-2vs Long March 2Dvs Vostok 8A92Mvs Long March 3B/E

Launch history

30 launches
DateMissionPadOrbitOutcome
2004-08-31Atlas IIAS | NROL-1Launch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
2004-05-19Atlas IIAS | AMC 11Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
2004-04-16Atlas IIAS | Superbird A2Launch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
2004-02-05Atlas IIAS | AMC 10Launch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
2003-12-02Atlas IIAS | NROL-18Space Launch Complex 3ELow Earth OrbitSuccess
2002-09-18Atlas IIAS | Hispasat 1DLaunch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
2001-10-11Atlas IIAS | NROL-12Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
2001-09-08Atlas IIAS | NROL-13Space Launch Complex 3ELow Earth OrbitSuccess
2001-06-19Atlas IIAS | ICO F2Launch Complex 36BGeosynchronous OrbitSuccess
2000-12-06Atlas IIAS | NROL-10Launch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
2000-07-14Atlas IIAS | Echostar VILaunch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
2000-02-03Atlas IIAS | Hispasat 1CLaunch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1999-12-18Atlas IIAS | TerraSpace Launch Complex 3EPolar OrbitSuccess
1999-09-23Atlas IIAS | Echostar VLaunch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1999-04-12Atlas IIAS | Eutelsat W3Launch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1999-02-16Atlas IIAS | JCSAT 4ALaunch Complex 36AGeosynchronous OrbitSuccess
1998-06-18Atlas IIAS | INTELSAT 805Launch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1998-02-28Atlas IIAS | INTELSAT 806Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1997-12-08Atlas IIAS | Galaxy 8iLaunch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1997-10-05Atlas IIAS | Echostar IIILaunch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1997-09-04Atlas IIAS | GE 3Launch Complex 36AGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1997-07-28Atlas IIAS | Superbird 3Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1997-02-17Atlas IIAS | JCSAT RLaunch Complex 36BLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1996-02-01Atlas IIAS | Palapa C1Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1995-12-02Atlas IIAS | SOHOLaunch Complex 36BHeliocentric L1Success
1995-08-29Atlas IIAS | JCSAT 3Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1995-03-22Atlas IIAS | INTELSAT 705Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1995-01-10Atlas IIAS | INTELSAT 704Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1994-10-06Atlas IIAS | INTELSAT 703Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess
1993-12-16Atlas IIAS | Telstar 401Launch Complex 36BGeostationary OrbitSuccess

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

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