List of Atlas launches (2000–2009)
List of Atlas launches |
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1957–1959 · 1960–1969 · 1970–1979 · 1980–1989 · 1990–1999 · 2000–2009 · 2010–2019 · 2020–2029 |
Notable missions
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
New Horizons
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Launch statistics
Rocket configurations
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- Atlas IIA
- Atlas IIAS
- Atlas IIIA
- Atlas IIIB
- Atlas V 401
- Atlas V 411
- Atlas V 421
- Atlas V 431
- Atlas V 501
- Atlas V 521
- Atlas V 531
- Atlas V 551
Launch sites
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- Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
- Cape Canaveral SLC-36B
- Cape Canaveral SLC-41
- Vandenberg SLC-3E
Launch outcomes
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- Success
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Launch history
2000 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
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AC-138 | January 21, 2000 01:03 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | DSCS IIIB-8 | 1,235 kg | GTO | DoD | Success [1] |
Eleventh DSCS military commucations satellite. | ||||||||
AC-158 | February 3, 2000 23:30 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36B | Hispasat 1C | 3,113 kg | GTO | Hispasat | Success [2] |
Commercial communications satellite. | ||||||||
AC-137 | May 3, 2000 07:07 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | GOES-L | 2,217 kg | GTO | NOAA / NASA | Success [3] |
Eleventh GOES weather satellite. | ||||||||
AC-201 | May 24, 2000 23:10 | Atlas IIIA | CCAFS SLC-36B | Eutelsat W4 | 3,190 kg | GTO | Eutelsat | Success [4] |
Commercial communications satellite; maiden flight of Atlas III. | ||||||||
AC-139 | June 30, 2000 12:56 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | TDRS-H | 3,192 kg | GTO | NASA | Success [5] |
Eighth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite. | ||||||||
AC-161 | July 14, 2000 05:21 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36B | Echostar 6 | 3,700 kg | GTO | Echostar | Success [6] |
Commercial communications satellite; most powerful direct broadcast satellite ever launched. | ||||||||
AC-140 | October 20, 2000 00:40 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | DSCS III-B11 | GTO | DoD | Success [7] | |
Twelfth DSCS military commucations satellite. | ||||||||
AC-157 | December 6, 2000 02:47 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36A | NROL-10 | GTO | NROL | Success [8] | |
Second third-generation SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 13. | ||||||||
2001 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AC-156 | June 19, 2001 04:41:02 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36B | ICO F2 | MEO | Success [9] | ||
High-speed mobile communications satellite; never used once launched. | ||||||||
AC-142 | July 23, 2001 07:23 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | GOES-M | 2,279 kg | GTO | NOAA / NASA | Success [10] |
Twelfth GOES weather satellite. | ||||||||
AC-160 | September 9, 2001 15:25:05 | Atlas IIAS | VAFB SLC-3E | NROL-13 | 6,500 kg | LEO | NRO | Success [11] |
Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 5A and 5B. | ||||||||
AC-162 | October 11, 2001 02:32 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36B | NROL-12 | GTO | NRO | Success [12] | |
Third third-generation SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 14. | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AC-204 | February 21, 2002 12:43:00 | Atlas IIIB | CCAFS SLC-36B | Echostar 7 | GTO | EchoStar | Success [13] | |
Commercial communications satellite. | ||||||||
AC-143 | March 8, 2002 22:59 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | TDRS-I | 3,180 kg | GTO | NASA | Success [14] |
Ninth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite. | ||||||||
AV-001 | August 21, 2002 22:05:00 | Atlas V 401 | CCAFS SLC-41 | Hot Bird 6 | 3,905 kg | GTO | Eutelsat | Success [15] |
Commercial communications satellite; first Atlas V launch. | ||||||||
AC-159 | September 18, 2002 22:04 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36A | Hispasat 1D | 3,250 kg | GTO | Hispasat | Success [16] |
Commercial communications satellite. | ||||||||
AC-144 | December 5, 2002 02:42 | Atlas IIA | CCAFS SLC-36A | TDRS-J | 3,180 kg | GTO | NASA | Success [17] |
Tenth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite. | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AC-205 | April 12, 2003 00:47 | Atlas IIIB | CCAFS SLC-36B | Asiasat 4 | GTO | AsiaSat | Success [18] | |
Commercial television satellite. | ||||||||
AV-002 | May 14, 2003 22:10 | Atlas V 401 | CCAFS SLC-41 | HellasSat-2 | GTO | Hellas Sat | Success [19] | |
Commercial communications satellite. | ||||||||
AV-003 | July 17, 2003 23:45 | Atlas V 521 | CCAFS SLC-41 | Rainbow 1 | GTO | Cablevision | Success [20] | |
Direct broadcast satellite; first Atlas V flight with 5-meter fairing. | ||||||||
AC-164 | December 2, 2003 10:04 | Atlas IIAS | VAFB SLC-3E | NROL-18 | 6,500 kg | LEO | NRO | Success [21] |
Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 6A and 6B. | ||||||||
AC-203 | December 18, 2003 02:30 | Atlas IIIB | CCAFS SLC-36B | UFO 11 | GTO | USAF | Success [22] | |
Eleventh Ultra High Frequency military communications satellite. | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AC-165 | February 5, 2004 23:46 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36A | AMC-10 | 2,315 kg | GTO | Success [23] | |
Commercial communications satellite. | ||||||||
AC-202 | March 13, 2004 05:40 | Atlas IIIA | CCAFS SLC-36B | MBSAT-1 | GTO | Success [24] | ||
Commercial communications satellite. | ||||||||
AC-163 | April 16, 2004 00:45 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36A | Superbird 6 | 3,100 kg | GTO | Success [25] | |
Commercial communications satellite; transfer orbit was perturbed by the Moon, resulting in an extremely low perigee, permanently damaging the satellite. | ||||||||
AC-166 | May 19, 2004 22:22 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36B | AMC-11 | 2,315 kg | GTO | Success [26] | |
Commercial communications satellite. | ||||||||
AC-167 | August 31, 2004 23:17 | Atlas IIAS | CCAFS SLC-36A | NROL-1 | Molniya | Success [27] | ||
Fourth third-generation SDS military communications satellite. | ||||||||
AV-005 | December 17, 2004 12:07:00 | Atlas V 521 | CCAFS SLC-41 | AMC-16 | 4,065 kg | GTO | Success [28] | |
Commercial communications satellite. | ||||||||
2005 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AC-206 | February 3, 2005 07:41 | Atlas IIIB | CCAFS SLC-36B | NROL-23 | 6,500 kg | LEO | Success [29] | |
Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 7A and 7B. Final Atlas III launch, final launch of a direct evolution of the Atlas missile, and final launch from LC-36 before Blue Origin leasing the pad. | ||||||||
AV-004 | March 11, 2005 21:42 | Atlas V 431 | CCAFS SLC-41 | Inmarsat-4 F1 | 5,959 kg | GTO | Success [30] | |
Commercial mobile communications satellite. | ||||||||
AV-007 | August 12, 2005 11:43:00 | Atlas V 401 | CCAFS SLC-41 | MRO | 2,180 kg | Heliocentric | NASA | Success [31] |
NASA Mars imaging probe. First interplanetary Atlas V launch. | ||||||||
2006 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AV-010 | 19 January 2006, 19:00:00 | Atlas V 551/Star-48B | CCAFS SLC-41 | New Horizons | 478 kg | Galactocentric | NASA | Success [32] |
NASA Pluto/Kuiper Belt exploration probe; first spacecraft ever directly launched on an interstellar trajectory; first Atlas V 551. | ||||||||
AV-008 | 20 April 2006, 20:27:00 | Atlas V 411 | CCAFS SLC-41 | Astra 1KR | 4332 kg | GTO | SES | Success [33] |
Commercial communications satellite; final Atlas launch for ILS. | ||||||||
2007 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AV-013 | March 9, 2007 03:10 | Atlas V 401 | CCAFS SLC-41 | STP-1 | LEO | USAF | Success [34] | |
USAF rideshare mission; included Orbital Express, MidSTAR-1, FalconSAT-3 and CFESat. | ||||||||
AV-009 | June 15, 2007 15:11 | Atlas V 401 | CCAFS SLC-41 | NROL-30 | 6,500 kg | LEO | USAF | Partial failure [35] |
Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; Centaur upper stage shut down early, leaving the payload in a suboptimal orbit. | ||||||||
AV-011 | October 11, 2007 00:22 | Atlas V 421 | CCAFS SLC-41 | WGS-1 | 5,987 kg | GTO | USAF | Success [36] |
First Wideband Global SATCOM military communications satellite; first Atlas V 421. | ||||||||
AV-015 | December 10, 2007 22:05 | Atlas V 401 | CCAFS SLC-41 | NROL-24 | Molniya | NRO | Success [37] | |
Fifth SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 16. | ||||||||
2008 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AV-006 | March 13, 2008 10:02 | Atlas V 411 | VAFB SLC-3E | NROL-28 | 3,900 kg | Molniya | US NRO | Success [38] |
Fifth Trumpet SIGINT satellite. | ||||||||
AV-014 | April 14, 2008 20:12:00 | Atlas V 421 | CCAFS SLC-41 | ICO G1 | 6,634 kg | GTO | ICO | Success [39] |
Commercial communications satellite; heaviest commercial satellite ever launched at the time. | ||||||||
2009 | ||||||||
Flight № | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
AV-016 | April 4, 2009 00:31 | Atlas V 421 | CCAFS SLC-41 | WGS-2 | 5,987 kg | GTO | USAF | Success [40] |
Second Wideband Global SATCOM military communications satellite. | ||||||||
AV-020 | June 18, 2009, 17:32 | Atlas V 401 | CCAFS SLC-41 | LRO/LCROSS | TLI | Success [41] | ||
NASA Lunar imager and spectroscopy spacecraft; Centaur upper stage was used as a lunar impactor to provide data for LCROSS. | ||||||||
AV-018 | September 8, 2009, 21:35 | Atlas V 401 | CCAFS SLC-41 | Palladium At Night | GTO | NRO | Success [42] | |
Classified SIGINT communications interception satellite; also known as Nemesis 1. | ||||||||
AV-017 | October 18, 2009, 16:12 [43] | Atlas V 401 | VAFB SLC-3E | DMSP-5D3 F18 | 1,200 kg | SSO | Success[44] | |
Eighteenth DMSP military weather satellite. | ||||||||
AV-024 | November 23, 2009, 06:55 | Atlas V 431 | CCAFS SLC-41 | Intelsat 14 | 5,663 kg | GTO | Success [45] | |
Commercial communications satellite; hosts DoD IRIS secondary payload. |
Photo gallery
- First launch of the Atlas IIIA, carrying Eutelsat 36A
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches on an Atlas V 401
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches on an Atlas V 401
- New Horizons launches on an Atlas V 551
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