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Atlas V 401

RetiredUnited StatesUnited Launch AllianceSpec: 401

An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.

Flights flown41
Success rate100%41/41
Payload to LEO9,050kg
Cost per kg to LEO$12,707$115M per launch
Maiden flight2002-08-21
Peak year20147 flights

Atlas V 401 is built by United Launch Alliance of the United States. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 21 August 2002 and last flew on 10 November 2022.

Flight record

41 records
100% success rate41 of 41 flown
2002peak 2014 · 7 flights2022
First flight2002-08-21
Latest flight2022-11-10
Failures0
Consecutive successes41
Fastest turnaround11d 15h

Payload

Per mission profile
Low Earth orbit9,050kg
Sun-synchronous orbit6,670kg
Geostationary transfer orbit4,950kg
Launch cost$115M
Cost per kg to LEO$12,707

Vehicle

401 spec
Stages2
Length58.3m
Diameter3.8m
Launch mass590t
Liftoff thrust3,827kN
Maiden flight2002-08-21
ReusableNo

Pads used

2 pads
Space Launch Complex 4130Space Launch Complex 3E11

Orbits delivered

11 orbits
Geostationary Transfer Orbit9Low Earth Orbit9Medium Earth Orbit6Sun-Synchronous Orbit5Heliocentric N/A3Elliptical Orbit2Enhanced Geostationary Transfer Orbit1Geostationary Orbit1Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit1Lunar Orbit1Mars Orbit1

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Launch history

41 launches
DateMissionPadOrbitOutcome
2022-11-10Atlas V 401 | JPSS 2 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 2) & LOFTIDSpace Launch Complex 3ESun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2021-10-16Atlas V 401 | LucySpace Launch Complex 41Heliocentric N/ASuccess
2021-09-27Atlas V 401 | Landsat 9Space Launch Complex 3ESun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2018-05-05Atlas V 401 | InSight, Mars Cube One 1 & Mars Cube One 2Space Launch Complex 3EHeliocentric N/ASuccess
2017-08-18Atlas V 401 | TDRS-MSpace Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2017-04-18Atlas V 401 | Cygnus CRS OA-7 (S.S. John Glenn)Space Launch Complex 41Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2017-03-01Atlas V 401 | NROL-79Space Launch Complex 3ELow Earth OrbitSuccess
2017-01-21Atlas V 401 | SBIRS GEO Flight 3 (SBIRS GEO-4)Space Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2016-11-11Atlas V 401 | WorldView-4Space Launch Complex 3ESun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2016-03-23Atlas V 401 | Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband)Space Launch Complex 41Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2016-02-05Atlas V 401 | GPS IIF-12 (USA-266)Space Launch Complex 41Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
2015-12-06Atlas V 401 | Cygnus CRS Orb-4 (S.S. Deke Slayton II)Space Launch Complex 41Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2015-10-31Atlas V 401 | GPS IIF-11 (USA-265)Space Launch Complex 41Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
2015-10-08Atlas V 401 | NROL-55 (Multipayload mission)Space Launch Complex 3ELow Earth OrbitSuccess
2015-07-15Atlas V 401 | GPS IIF-10 (USA-262)Space Launch Complex 41Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
2014-10-29Atlas V 401 | GPS IIF-8 (USA-258)Space Launch Complex 41Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
2014-09-17Atlas V 401 | CLIO (USA-257)Space Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2014-08-13Atlas V 401 | WorldView-3Space Launch Complex 3ESun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2014-08-02Atlas V 401 | GPS IIF-7 (USA-256)Space Launch Complex 41Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
2014-05-22Atlas V 401 | NROL-33 (Quasar)Space Launch Complex 41Geosynchronous Transfer OrbitSuccess
2014-04-03Atlas V 401 | DMSP-5D3 F19Space Launch Complex 3ELow Earth OrbitSuccess
2014-01-24Atlas V 401 | TDRS-LSpace Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2013-11-18Atlas V 401 | MAVENSpace Launch Complex 41Heliocentric N/ASuccess
2013-05-15Atlas V 401 | GPS IIF-4 (USA-242)Space Launch Complex 41Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
2013-03-19Atlas V 401 | SBIRS GEO Flight 2 (USA-241) (SBIRS GEO-2)Space Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2013-02-11Atlas V 401 | Landsat 8 (DCM)Space Launch Complex 3ESun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2013-01-31Atlas V 401 | TDRS-KSpace Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2012-09-13Atlas V 401 | NROL-36 (Multipayload mission)Space Launch Complex 3ESuccess
2012-08-30Atlas V 401 | Radiation Belt Storm Probe ASpace Launch Complex 41Elliptical OrbitSuccess
2012-06-20Atlas V 401 | NROL-38 (SDS) (USA-236)Space Launch Complex 41Success
2011-05-07Atlas V 401 | SBIRS GEO Flight 1 (USA-230) (SBIRS GEO-1)Space Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2010-02-11Atlas V 401 | SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)Space Launch Complex 41Enhanced Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2009-10-18Atlas V 401 | DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA-210)Space Launch Complex 3ELow Earth OrbitSuccess
2009-09-08Atlas V 401 | PAN (USA-207)Space Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2009-06-18Atlas V 401 | LRO/LCROSSSpace Launch Complex 41Lunar OrbitSuccess
2007-12-10Atlas V 401 | NROL-24 (USA-198)Space Launch Complex 41Elliptical OrbitSuccess
2007-06-15Atlas V 401 | NROL-30 & NOSS-3 (USA-194)Space Launch Complex 41Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2007-03-09Atlas V 401 | STP-1Space Launch Complex 41Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2005-08-12Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterSpace Launch Complex 41Mars OrbitSuccess
2003-05-13Atlas V 401 | Hellas Sat 2Space Launch Complex 41Geostationary OrbitSuccess
2002-08-21Atlas V 401 | Hot Bird 6Space Launch Complex 41Geostationary Transfer 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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