List of Atlas launches |
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Flight No. | Date / time ( UTC) |
Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass (kg) |
Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
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AV-087 | 10 February 2020, 04:03 |
Atlas V 411 | CCAFS, SLC-41 | Solar Orbiter | 1800 | Heliocentric | ESA | Success [1] |
ESA/ NASA Heliophysics probe | ||||||||
AV-086 | 26 March 2020, 20:18 |
Atlas V 551 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USA-298 ( AEHF-6, TDO-2) | 6168 | GTO | US Space Force | Success [2] |
Sixth and final Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite | ||||||||
AV-081 | 17 May 2020, 13:14 |
Atlas V 501 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USA-299 ( USSF-7 ( X-37B OTV-6, FalconSat-8)) | 5000 ? | LEO | United States Space Force | Success [3] |
Sixth flight of the X-37B military spaceplane; first with a service module, plus FalconSat-8 satellite. | ||||||||
AV-088 | 30 July 2020, 11:50 |
Atlas V 541 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Mars 2020 (inc Perseverance, Ingenuity) | 3839 | Heliocentric | NASA | Success [4] |
Spacecraft for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. | ||||||||
AV-090 | 13 November 2020, 22:32 |
Atlas V 531 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USA-310 ( NROL-101) | Classified | MEO 11033 x 11068 km x 58.5° | NRO | Success [5] |
Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload, first Atlas launch with updated GEM-63 strap-on solid rocket boosters. Originally thought to be a Molniya mission. Later sightings instead pointed towards a MEO mission. Likely an experimental payload. |
Flight No. | Date / time ( UTC) |
Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass (kg) |
Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
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AV-091 | 18 May 2021, 17:37 |
Atlas V 421 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USA 315 ( SBIRS GEO-5) | ~ 4500 [6] | GTO | United States Space Force | Success [7] |
Fifth Space-Based Infrared System Geostationary satellite. | ||||||||
AV-092 | 27 September 2021, 18:12 |
Atlas V 401 | VSFB, SLC-3E |
Landsat 9 L9EFS |
2711
[8] 510 kg |
SSO | NASA / USGS | Success [9] |
Eighth Landsat geological survey satellite in orbit. Additionally launched the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Landsat-9 ESPA Flight System (L9EFS) which delivered several additional cubesats to orbit as a result of a cooperative engagement between NASA and U.S. Space Force to increase access to space for small satellite systems. [10] | ||||||||
AV-096 | 16 October 2021, 09:34 |
Atlas V 401 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Lucy | 1550 | Heliocentric | NASA | Success [11] |
NASA mission to explore six Jupiter trojan asteroids. [12] Final interplanetary mission launched by the Atlas rocket family. | ||||||||
AV-093 | 7 December 2021, 10:19 |
Atlas V 551 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | STP-3 ( STPSat-6 & LDPE-1) | Unknown | GEO | United States Space Force | Success [13] |
The primary payload is the STPSat-6 satellite carrying SABRS-3, NASA's LCRD, and seven Defense Department Space Experiments Review Board space weather and situational awareness payloads. Alongside STPSat-6 was an integrated propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (IP- ESPA) holding up to six payloads. [14] The STP-3 mission also debuted three engineering features designed to reduce risk and accumulate flight experience before use on Vulcan Centaur: an Out-of-Autoclave (OoA) payload fairings, an in-flight power system and GPS enhanced navigation. [15] The launch was delayed multiple times, first in January due to the launch readiness of the STPSat-6 satellite, [16] in June due to some ringing of the RL10-C's new carbon nozzle extension observed during the SBIRS GEO-5 mission, [17] and in November due to a space vehicle processing issue. [18] |
Flight No. | Date / time ( UTC) |
Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass (kg) |
Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
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AV-084 | 21 January 2022, 19:00 |
Atlas V 511 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USSF-8 (GSSAP 5 & 6) | Classified | GEO | United States Space Force | Success [19] |
USSF-8 launched two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness satellites, GSSAP-5 and 6, directly to a geosynchronous orbit. [20] First and only flight of 511 configuration. | ||||||||
AV-095 | 1 March 2022, 21:38 |
Atlas V 541 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | GOES-T | 5200 | GTO | NOAA | Success [21] |
GOES meteorological satellite. GOES-T, which will be renamed GOES-18 once it reaches geostationary orbit, will replace GOES-17 as NOAA's operational GOES West satellite. [22] | ||||||||
AV-082 | 19 May 2022 22:54 |
Atlas V N22 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2 | ~13000 | LEO to ISS | Boeing | Success [23] |
Atlas V releases the Starliner spacecraft on a transatmospheric orbit [24] with apogee of 181 km and a perigee of 72 km. [25] Starliner used its own engines to enter low Earth orbit and make its way to the International Space Station. | ||||||||
AV-094 | 1 July 2022 23:15 |
Atlas V 541 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USSF-12 ( WFOV & USSF-12 Ring) | Classified | GEO | United States Space Force | Success [26] |
Rideshare mission consisting of 2 spacecraft. The forward payload was the Wide-field of View (WFOV) testbed that informs the Next Gen Overhead Persistent Infrared program (NG-OPIR) which will replace the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS). The aft payload was a propulsive ESPA named the USSF-12 Ring, which is a classified mission for the Department of Defence. 100th flight of an RD-180 engine. | ||||||||
AV-097 | 4 August 2022, 10:29 |
Atlas V 421 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USA-336 ( SBIRS GEO-6) | ~4500 [27] | GTO | United States Space Force | Success [28] |
Sixth and final Space-Based Infrared System Geostationary satellite. Final flight of an Atlas V with 4-meter fairing from Cape Canaveral. | ||||||||
AV-099 | 4 October 2022 21:36 |
Atlas V 531 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | SES-20 & SES-21 | ~3300 | GEO | SES | Success [29] |
Boeing built communication satellites. Satellites launched on a dual stack configuration. SES-20 will be located as an in-orbit spare at 103° West, while SES-21 will be operated at 131° West. [30] | ||||||||
AV-098 | 10 November 2022 09:49 |
Atlas V 401 | VSFB, SLC-3E | JPSS-2 (NOAA-21) & LOFTID | 4154 | SSO | NOAA | Success [31] |
Second JPSS weather satellite; joint NASA/ ULA inflatable heat shield demonstrator (LOFTID). [32] Last launch of an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Final flight of an Atlas V with a 4-meter fairing. 100th use of Single Engine Centaur. |
Flight No. | Date / time ( UTC) |
Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass (kg) |
Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
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AV-102 | 10 September 2023, 12:47 |
Atlas V 551 | CCSFS, SLC-41 |
USA-246,
USA-247 &
USA-248 ( NROL-107, Silentbarker) [33] |
Classified | GEO | NRO | Success [34] |
Classified NRO payload. Final NRO launch on an Atlas V. | ||||||||
AV-104 | 6 October 2023, 18:06 |
Atlas V 501 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | KuiperSat-1 & KuiperSat-2 | Unknown | LEO | Kuiper Systems | Success [35] |
Project Kuiper Protoflight mission, carrying two demonstrator satellites. This is the Final Atlas V 501. |
In August 2021, ULA announced that Atlas V would be retired, and all 29 remaining launches had been sold. [36] As of October 2023 [update], 17 launches remain, all of which are listed here: 7 Starliner missions, 8 launches for Kuiper, and 2 other launches.
Date / time ( UTC) |
Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
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H1 2025 [42] | Atlas V 551 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | ViaSat-3 EMEA | GTO | ViaSat |
First commercial contract directly signed with ULA. [43] Communications satellite. | |||||
2025–2030 [44] | Atlas V N22 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Boeing Starliner-1 | LEO to ISS | Boeing |
Atlas V N22 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Boeing Starliner-2 | LEO to ISS | Boeing | |
Atlas V N22 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Boeing Starliner-3 | LEO to ISS | Boeing | |
Atlas V N22 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Boeing Starliner-4 | LEO to ISS | Boeing | |
Atlas V N22 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Boeing Starliner-5 | LEO to ISS | Boeing | |
Atlas V N22 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Boeing Starliner-6 | LEO to ISS | Boeing | |
One operational Boeing Starliner mission per year will ferry four astronauts to ISS. |
SES-20 and SES-21 will operate in the 103 degrees West and 131 degrees West orbital slots, respectively.