Atlas·Convair
Atlas IIA
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 47.54 m
- Diameter
- 3.04 m
- Mass
- 204,000 kg
- Stages
- 3
- Thrust
- 2,479 kN
- Payload to LEO
- 6,580 kg
- Payload to GTO
- 2,810 kg
- First flight
- 1992-06-10
- Total launches
- 23
- Success / Fail
- 23 / 0
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.
Payloads it launched
23 loaded
TDRS 10
GEO
TDRS 9
GEO
GOES 12
GEO
USA 153
GEO
TDRS 8
GEO
GOES 11
GEO
USA 148
GEO
UFO 10 (USA 146)
GEO
UFO 9 (USA 140)
GEO
EUTELSAT 4B
GEO
USA 137
Payload
USA 134
GEO
DIRECTV 6 (TEMPO 2)
GEO
INMARSAT 3-F3
GEO
EUTELSAT 48A
GEO
AMC-1 (GE-1)
GEO
INMARSAT 3-F1
GEO
GALAXY 3R (G-3R)
GEO
USA 113
GEO
AMSC 1
GEO
TELSTAR 11 (ORION 1)
GEO
DIRECTV 2 (DBS 2)
GEO
NSS-101 (INTELSAT 101)
GEO