Atlas 5

The Atlas V family is designed to lift payloads up to nearly 8700 kg to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). It was developed both for ILS commercial missions and to meet the U.S. Air Force requirements for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV).

Atlas V launch vehicles have a structurally stable booster stage powered by the Russian-built RD-180 engine system, the first variable-thrust main engine to power a U.S. expendable launch vehicle (was flight-proven by AC201 in May 2000). The structurally stable booster stage also has provisions for the addition of between one and five strap-on solid rocket boosters. The Atlas CCB (Common Core Booster) is 3.80-meter diameter and 32-m long stage. In Jul 2018, the RD-180 engines were certified for manned flights by NASA and USAF. The use of RD-180 engines is due to cease in the mid-2020s.

The Atlas V is to ultimately replace all current versions of Atlas and Titan launch systems in operation.

The Vehicle designator has 3 figures: The first one is the usage fairing diameter (4 or 5 m), the second is the number of solid boosters attached (0 to 5) and the third figure is the number of Centaur engines (1 or 2).

In 2019 a new GEM 63 strap-on booster motor should make its start, followed later by the GEM 63XL.

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Atlas 5 launches

#	Launch id	Payload	Launch Date	Site	Type	Status/Comment (orbit in perigee x apogee x inclination x period)
1, AV001	02038	Hotbird 6	21 Aug 2002 at 22:05 UT	C 41A	401	314.9 x 45863 km x 17.57°
2, AV002	03020	Hellas Sat 2	13 May 2003 at 22.10 UT	C 41A	401	312 x 85457 km x 17°
3, AV003	03033	Rainbow 1	17 Jul 2003 at 23:45 UT	C 41A	521	5-m payload fairing 3790 x 35843 km x 17.54°
4, AV005	04048	GE 16	17 Dec 2004 at 12:07 UT	C 41A	521	4798 x 35786 km x 18.02°
5, AV004	05009	Inmarsat 4F1	11 Mar 2005 at 21:42 UT	C 41A	431	440 x 90497 km x 20.83°
6, AV007	05029	Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter	12 Aug 2005 at 11:43 UT	C	401	payload: 2180 kg
7, AV010	06001	New Horizons	19 Jan 2006 at 19:00 UT	C 41	551	Pluto probe
8, AV008	06012	Astra 1KR	20 Apr 2006 at 20:27 UT	C 41	411	6470 x 36240 km x 23.8°
9, AV013	07006	A: Orbital Express Astro B: MidStar 1 C: Orbital Express Nextsat D: STPSat E: FalconSat 3 F: CFESat	9 Mar 2007 at 05:10 UT	C 41	401
10, AV009	07027	USA 194	15 Jun 2007 at 15:12 UT	C 41	401	Partial failure: premature top stage shutdown on second burn, due to an hydrogen propellant valve
11, AV011	07046	WGS SV 1	11 Oct 2007 at 00:22 UT	C 41	421
12, AV015	07060	USA 198	10 Dec 2007 at 22:05 UT	C 41	401
13, AV006	08010	USA 200	13 Mar 2008 at 10:02 UT	V 3E	411
14, AV014	08016	ICO G1	14 Apr 2008 at 20:12 UT	C 41	421	record 6634 kg payload
15, AV016	09017	WGS SV 2	04 Apr 2009 at 00:31 UT	C 41	421
16, AV020	09031	Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)	18 Jun 2009 at 21:32 UT	C 41	401	Non-Earth orbit
17, AV018	09047	USA 207	8 Sep 2009 at 21:35 UT	C 41	401
18, AV017	09057	DMSP B5D3-4	18 Oct 2009 at 16:12 UT	V 3E	401	Was used to test solar orbit injection after satellite delivery.
19, AV024	09064	Intelsat 14	23 Nov 2009 at 06:55 UT	C 41	431
20, AV021	10005	SDO	11 Feb 2010 at 15:23 UT	C 41	401	2480 x 35369 km x 28.6°
21, AV12	10015	USA 212	22 Apr 2010 at 23:52 UT	C	501
22, AV19	10039	AEHF 1	14 Aug 2010 at 11:07 UT	C 41	531
23, AV25	10046	USA 215	21 Sep 2010 at 04:03 UT	V 3E	501
24, AV26	11010	USA 226	5 Mar 2011 at 22:46 UT	C 41	501
25, AV27	11014	USA 229	15 Apr 2011 at 04:24 UT	V 3E	411
26, AV22	11019	SBIRS GEO 1	07 May 2011 at 18:10 UT	C 41	401
27, AV29	11040	Juno	05 Aug 2011 at 16:25 UT	C	551	Non-Earth orbit
28, AV28	11070	Mars Science Laboratory	26 Nov 2011 at 15:02 UT	C	541	Mars Probe
29, AV30	12009	Muos 1	24 Feb 2012 at 22:15 UT	C	551
30, AV31	12019	AEHF 2	4 May 2012 at 18:42 UT	C	531
31, AV23	12033	USA 236	20 Jun 2012 at 12:28 UT	C	401
32, AV32	12046	A: RBSP A B: RBSP B	30 Aug 2012 at 08:05 UT	C	401
33, AV33	12048	A: USA 238 B: SMDC-ONE 1.2 C: Aeneas D: Csswe E: Cxbn F: Polysat CP5 G: Cinema H: Re J: SMDC-ONE 1.1 K: Aerocube 4.5A L: Aerocube 4.5B M: Aerocube 4 OUTSat	13 Sep 2012 at 21:39 UT	V	401	OUTSat remained attached to the upper stage
34, AV34	12071	USA 240	11 Dec 2012	C 41	501
35, AV36	13004	TDRS 11	31 Jan 2013 at 01:28 UT	C 41	401
36, AV35	13008	Landsat 8	11 Feb 2013 at 18:02 UT	V 3E	401
37, AV37	13011	SBIRS GEO 2	19 Mar 2013 at 21:21 UT	C 41	401
38, AV39	13023	GPS BIIF-04	15 May 2013 at 21:38 UT	C 41	401
39, AV40	13036	Muos 2	19 Jul 2013 at 13:00 UT	C	551
40, AV41	13050	AEHF 3	18 Sep 2013 at 08:10 UT	C	531
41, AV38	13063	Maven	18 Nov 2013 at 18:28 UT	C	401	Mars probe
42, AV42	13072	A: USA 247 B: Firebird 1 C: Firebird 2 D: Aerocube 5A E: Aerocube 5B F: Alice G: SMDC Snap 3 H: Mcubed 2 J: Cunysat 1 K: Polysat CP8 L: SMDC One 2.4 M: Tacsat 6 N: SMDC One 2.3	6 Dec 2013 at 7:14 UT	V 3E	501
43, AV43	14004	TDRS 12	24 Jan 2014 at 02:33 UT	C	401
44, AV44	14015	DMSP B5D3-5	3 Apr 2014 at 14:46 UT	V	401
45, AV45	14020	USA 250	10 Apr 2014 at 17:45 UT	C	541
46, AV46	14027	USA 252	22 May 2014 at 13:09 UT	C	401
47, AV48	14045	GPS BIIF-07	2 Aug 2014 at 03:23 UT	C	401
48, AV47	14048	Worldview 3	13 Aug 2014 at 18:30 UT	V	401
49, AV49	14055	USA 257	17 Sep 2014 at 00:01 UT	C	401	11800x36000 km?
50, AV50	14068	GPS BIIF 08	29 Oct 2014 at 17:21 UT	C	401
51, AV51	14081	USA 259	13 Dec 2014 at 03:19 UT	V	541
52, AV52	15002	Muos 3	21 Jan 2015 at 01:04 UT	C	551
53, AV53	15011	A: MMS 1 B: MMS 2 C: MMS 3 D: MMS 4	13 Mar 2015 at 02:44 UT	C	421
54, AV54	15025	A: USA 261 B: USS Langley C: Opticube 01 D: Psat 1 E: Bricsat P F: Opticube 02 G: Gearrs 2 H: Opticube 03 J: Aerocube 8A K: Aerocube 8B L: Lightsail A	20 May 2015 at 15:05 UT	C	501
55, AV55	15033	GPS BIIF 10	15 Jul 2015 at 15:46 UT	C	401
56, AV56	15043	Muos 4	2 Sep 2015 at 10:18 UT	C	551
57, AV57	15056	Mexsat 2	2 Oct 2015 at 10:28 UT	C	421
58, AV58	15058	A: USA 264 B: Aerocube 5C C: Aerocube 7A D: Fox 1 E: Bisonsat F: Arc 1 G: Snap-3 Alice H: Lmrst-sat J: Snap-3 eddie K: Propcube 3 L: Sinod-d 1 M: Snap-3 jimi N: Propcube 1 P: Sinod-d 3	8 Oct 2015 at 12:49 UT	V	401
59, AV60	15062	GPS BIIF 11	31 Oct 2015 at 16:13 UT	C	401
60, AV61	15072	Cygnus CRS4 contains multiple micro-satellites to be launched from ISS	6 Dec 2015 at 21:44 UT	C	401	Heaviest payload to launch on this rocket (8 tons)
61, AV57	16007	GPS BIIF-12	5 Feb 2016 at 13:38 UT	C	401
62, AV64	16019	Cygnus CRS6 contains multiple micro-satellites to be launched from ISS	23 Mar 2016	C	401	First stage premature shutdown caused by faulty control valve
63, AV63	16041	Muos 5	24 Jun 2016 at 14:30 UT	C	551
64, AV65	16047	USA 269	28 jul 2016 at 12:37 UT	C	421
65, AV67	16055	OSIRIS-REx	8 Sep 2016 at 23:05 UT	C	411	Space probe
66, AV62	16067	A: Orbview 6 / Worldview 4 Aerocube 8C Aerocube 8D Ravan Celtee 1 Opticube 4 Prometheus 2.1 Prometheus 2.2	11 Nov 2016 at 18:30 UT	V	401
67, AV69	16071	Goes 16	19 Nov 2016 at 23:42 UT	C	541
68, AV71	16079	Echostar 19	18 Dec 2016 at 19:13 UT	C	431
69, AV66	17004	SBIRS GEO 4	21 Jan 2017 at 00:42 UT	C	401
70, AV68	17011	USA 274	1 Mar 2017 at 17:50 UT	V	401	1120 km x 63°
71, AV70	17019	Cygnus CRS7 contains 38 micro-satellites to be launched from ISS, including 28 cubesats QB50 mission	18 Apr 2017 at 15:11 UT	C	401
72, AV74	17047	TDRS 13	18 Aug 2017 at 12:29 UT	C	401
73, AV72	17056	USA 278	24 Sep 2017 at 05:49 UT	V	541
74, AV75	17066	USA 279	15 Oct 2017 at 07:28 UT	C	421
75, AV76	18009	SBIRS GEO 3	20 Jan 2018 at 00:48 UT	C	411
76, AV77	18022	Goes 17	1 Mar 2018 at 22:02 UT	C	541
77, AV79	18036	A: USA 283 B: USA 284 USA 285 USA 286sat_usa_286 USA 287sat_usa_287	14 Apr 2018 at 23:13 UT	C	551
78, AV78	18042	A: InSight (Discovery 12) B: MarCO A C: MarCO B	5 May 2018 at 13:05 UT	V 3E	401	Heliocentric orbits to Mars
79, AV73	18079	AEHF 4	17 Oct 2018 at 04:15 UT	C	551
80, AV83	19051	A: AEHF 5 B: TDO 1	8 Aug 2019 at 10:13 UT	C	551
81, AV80	19094	CST-100 Starliner OFT 1	20 Dec 2019 at 11:36 UT	C	N22	The spacecraft suffered a timing error that prevent the ISS docking mission to be completed. Returned safely.
82, AV87	20010	Solar Orbiter	10 Feb 2020 at 04:03 UT	C	411	non-Earth orbit
83, AV86	20022	A: TDO 2 B: AEHF 6	26 Mar 2020 at 20:18 UT	C	551
84, AV81	20029	USA 299 USA 300 Falconsat 8?	17 May 2020 at 13:14 UT	C	501
85, AV88	20052	Perseverance	30 Jul 2020 at 11:50 UT	C	541	Mars probe
86, AV90	20083	USA 310	13 Nov 2020 at 23:32 UT	C	531
87, AV91	21042	A: SBIRS GEO 5 B: TDO 3 C: TDO 4	18 May 2021 at 17:37 UTC	C	421
88, AV92	21088	A: Landsat 9 D: CUTE-lasp E: CuPID Cesium Satellites 1 and 2	27 Sep 2021 at 18:12 UTC	V	401
89, AV96	21093	Lucy interplanetory probe	16 Oct 2021 at 09:34 UTC	C	401
90, AV93	21118	A: Stpsat 6 B: LDPE 1	7 Dec 2021 at 10:22 UTC	C	551	Satellites delivered in GEO
91, AV84	22006	A: GSSAP 5 B: GSSAP 6	21 Jan 2022 at 19:00 UTC	C	511	deployed in GEO
92, AV95	22021	Goes 18	1 Mar 2022 at 14:38 UTC	C	541	8897 x 35277 km x 9.4°
93, AV82	22055	Starliner OFT 2	19 May 2022 at 08:03 UTC	C	N22	no crew
94, AV94	22073	A: USA 332 (WFOV) B: USA 333 E: USA 337	1 Jul 2022 at	C	541
95, AV97	22092	SBIRS GEO 6	4 Aug 2022 at 10:29 UTC	C	421
96, AV99	22123	A: SES 20 B: SES 21	4 Oct 2022 at 21:36 UTC	C	531	34765 x 35003 km x 1.9°
97, AV98	22150	JPSS 2	10 Nov 2022 at 09:49 UTC	V	401
98, AV102	23140	USA 346 USA 347 USA 348	10 Sep 2023 at 13:47 UTC	C	551
99, AV104	23154	A: Kuipersat 2 B: Kuipersat 1	6 Oct 2023 at 18:06 UTC	C	501	Centaur disposed of to solar orbit

Note: In the launch site column C stands for Cape Canaveral, V for Vandenberg and may be followed by the launch pad number.

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