Atlas with solid-fuel upper stage
Atlas-D Antares-2 (FIRE 2) [NASA] |
Atlas-D OV1 (OV1 11, OV1 12 and OV1 86) [USAF]
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Atlas-F Trident [USAF] |
Altair-F Star-17A (RM 20) [USAF] |
Atlas-SLV3 Burner-2 (P68-1 payloads) [USAF] |
Atlas-F Burner-2 (Radcat and Radsat) [USAF]
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Atlas-F OV1 (OV1 17, OV1 17A, OV1 18 and OV1 19) [USAF] |
Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS (DMSP-5D2 F11) |
Atlas-H MSD (NOSS 9) [USAF] |
The Atlas-D, -E and F vehicles were refurbished Atlas ICBMs (After refurbishment, there were no differences between E and F versions left). The only SLV-3 was a left over vehicle from the PRIME program, only the Atlas-H was built for this purpose.
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas-D Antares-2 * | Atlas-D | Antares-2 | - |
| Atlas-D OV1 | Atlas-D | OV1 | - |
| Atlas-E/F OV1 | Atlas-E/F | OV1 | - |
| Atlas-E/F Trident | Atlas-E/F | Trident | - |
| Atlas-E/F Burner-2 | Atlas-E/F | Burner-2 / Star-37B | - |
| Atlas-E/F PTS | Atlas-E/F | PTS / Star-37E | - |
| Atlas-E/F OIS | Atlas-E/F | OIS / Star-27 | - |
| Atlas-E/F Star-17A | Atlas-E/F | Star-17A | - |
| Atlas-E/F MSD | Atlas-E/F | MSD / FW-4D | - |
| Atlas-E/F Star-37S-ISS | Atlas-E/F | Star-37S-ISS | - |
| Atlas-E/F SGS-1 (Atlas-E/F SVS-1) | Atlas-E/F | Star-37E | Star-37E |
| Atlas-E/F SGS-2 (Atlas-E/F SVS-2) | Atlas-E/F | Star-48B | Star-48B |
| Atlas-E/F Altair-3A | Atlas-E/F | Altair-3A (Star-20) | - |
| Atlas-SLV3 Burner-2 | Atlas-SLV3 / MA-5 | Burner-2 / Star-37B | - |
| Atlas-H MSD | Atlas-H / MA-5 | MSD / FW-4D | - |
| Atlas-J | Atlas-J / MA-5 | ? | - |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas-D Antares-2 * | - | - | - | - | |||
| Atlas-D OV1 (each OV1-PM) | - | 141 | - | - | - | - | |
| Atlas-E/F OV1 (each OV1-PM) | - | 363 | - | - | - | - | |
| Atlas-E/F Trident | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlas-E/F Burner-2 | - | 950 | - | - | - | - | |
| Atlas-E/F PTS | - | - | - | 295 | - | ||
| Atlas-E/F OIS | - | 870 | - | - | - | - | |
| Atlas-E/F Star-17A | - | 725 | - | - | - | - | |
| Atlas-E/F MSD | - | 800 | - | - | - | - | |
| Atlas-E/F Star-37S-ISS | - | 1100 | - | - | - | - | |
| Atlas-E/F SGS-1 (Atlas-E/F SVS-1) | - | - | 455 | ||||
| Atlas-E/F SGS-2 (Atlas-E/F SVS-2) | - | - | |||||
| Atlas-E/F Altair-3A | - | 210 | - | - | - | - | |
| Atlas-SLV3 Burner-2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Atlas-H MSD | - | - | - | - | - |
Nr TNr Vehicle Serial Date LS Payload
208 1 Atlas-D Antares-2 263D 14.04.1964 CC LC-12 * FIRE 1 236 1 Atlas-D OV1 172D 21.01.1965 F Va 576B3 OV1 1 / ABRES MTV-1 * 249 2 Atlas-D Antares-2 264D 22.05.1965 CC LC-12 * FIRE 2 251 2 Atlas-D OV1 68D 28.05.1965 F Va ABRES-B3 OV1 3 / OV-Dummy * / OV-Dummy * 266 3 Atlas-D OV1 34D 05.10.1965 Va ABRES-B3 OV1 2 / OV-Dummy * / SSP 29 * 280 4 Atlas-D OV1 (2x) 72D 30.03.1966 Va ABRES-B3 OV1 4 / OV1 5 (BORE) 298 5 Atlas-D OV1 (2x) 58D 14.07.1966 P% Va ABRES-B3 OV1 7 / PASCOMSAT (OV1 8) 316 6 Atlas-D OV1 (2x) 89D 11.12.1966 Va ABRES-B3 OV1 9 / OV1 10 333 1 Atlas-F Trident 122F 09.06.1967 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 1 337 2 Atlas-F Trident 114F 22.07.1967 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 2 338 7 Atlas-D OV1 (3x) 92D 27.07.1967 P$ Va ABRES-B3 OV1 11 / OV1 12 (FARO) / OV1 86 344 3 Atlas-F Trident 81F 27.10.1967 F Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 3 349 4 Atlas-F Trident 117F 21.12.1967 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 4 351 5 Atlas-F Trident 94F 31.01.1968 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 5 354 6 Atlas-E Trident 74E 06.03.1968 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 6 355 1 Atlas-F OV1 (2x) 107F 06.04.1968 Va ABRES-A2 OV1 13 / OV1 14 357 7 Atlas-E Trident 78E 27.04.1968 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 7 360 8 Atlas-F Trident 86F 22.06.1968 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 8 362 2 Atlas-F OV1 (2x) 75F 11.07.1968 Va ABRES-A2 OV1 15 (SPADES) / LOADS 1 (OV1 16) 365 1 Atlas-SLV3 Burner-2 7004 16.08.1968 F! Va SLC-3E Orbiscal 1/OV5 8/Gridsphere1/2/MylarBalloon/Rigidsphere/LCS3/LIDOS/SECOR 11,12/Radcat/RM18/UVR 366 9 Atlas-F Trident 99F 25.09.1968 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 9 368 10 Atlas-F Trident 56F 16.11.1968 F Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 10 371 11 Atlas-F Trident 70F 16.01.1969 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 11 373 3 Atlas-F OV1 (3x) 104F 18.03.1969 Va ABRES-A2 OV1 17 / OV1 18 / OV1 19 / Orbiscal 2 (OV1 17A) 378 12 Atlas-F Trident 100F 16.09.1969 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 12 379 13 Atlas-F Trident 98F 10.10.1969 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 13 381 14 Atlas-F Trident 93F 12.12.1969 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 14 382 15 Atlas-F Trident 96F 08.02.1970 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 15 383 16 Atlas-F Trident 28F 13.03.1970 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 16 384 17 Atlas-F Trident 91F 30.05.1970 Va ABRES-A3 * RMP-B 17 389 18 Atlas-F Trident 105F 22.12.1970 Va ABRES-A3 * ABRES RTVO-2A 1 394 19 Atlas-F Trident 103F 29.06.1971 Va ABRES-A3 * ABRES RTVO-2A 3 395 4 Atlas-F OV1 (2x) 76F 07.08.1971 Va BMRS-A2 OV1 20 / LOADS 2 / OV1 21 / RTDS / Gridsphere 1 / 2 / Mylar Balloon / Rigidsphere / LCS 4 403 1 Atlas-F Burner-2 102F 02.10.1972 Va BMRS-A1 Radsat (P72-1a) / Radcat 2 (P72-1b) 415 1 Atlas-F PTS 69F 14.07.1974 Va SLC-3W NTS 1 (P73-3) 420 1 Atlas-F Star-17A 71F 13.04.1975 F Va SLC-3W RM 20 (P72-2) 425 1 Atlas-F MSD 59F 30.04.1976 Va SLC-3W NOSS 1-MSD / NOSS 1A / NOSS 1B / NOSS 1C 430 1 Atlas-F SGS-1 65F 23.06.1977 Va SLC-3W NTS 2 (P76-4) 433 2 Atlas-F MSD 50F 08.12.1977 Va SLC-3W NOSS 2-MSD / NOSS 2A / NOSS 2B / NOSS 2C 437 2 Atlas-F SGS-1 64F 22.02.1978 Va SLC-3E GPS 1 440 3 Atlas-F SGS-1 49F 13.05.1978 Va SLC-3E GPS 2 445 4 Atlas-F SGS-1 47F 07.10.1978 Va SLC-3E GPS 3 446 1 Atlas-F Star-37S-ISS 29F 13.10.1978 Va SLC-3W Tiros N 448 5 Atlas-F SGS-1 39F 11.12.1978 Va SLC-3E GPS 4 449 1 Atlas-F OIS 27F 24.02.1979 Va SLC-3W Solwind (P78-1) 451 2 Atlas-F Star-37S-ISS 25F 27.06.1979 Va SLC-3W NOAA 6 454 6 Atlas-F SGS-1 35F 09.02.1980 Va SLC-3E GPS 5 455 3 Atlas-F MSD 67F 03.03.1980 Va SLC-3W NOSS 3-MSD / NOSS 3A / NOSS 3B / NOSS 3C 456 7 Atlas-F SGS-1 34F 26.04.1980 Va SLC-3E GPS 6 457 3 Atlas-F Star-37S-ISS 19F 29.05.1980 P& Va SLC-3W NOAA B 460 4 Atlas-E MSD 68E 09.12.1980 F Va SLC-3W NOSS 4-MSD / NOSS 4A / NOSS 4B / NOSS 4C / LIPS 1 463 4 Atlas-F Star-37S-ISS 87F 23.06.1981 Va SLC-3W NOAA 7 466 8 Atlas-E SGS-1 76E 19.12.1981 F Va SLC-3E GPS 7 469 5 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 60E 21.12.1982 Va SLC-3W DMSP-5D2 06 470 1 Atlas-H MSD 6001H 09.02.1983 Va SLC-3E NOSS 5-MSD / NOSS 5A / NOSS 5B / NOSS 5C / LIPS 2 471 6 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 73E 28.03.1983 Va SLC-3W NOAA 8 473 2 Atlas-H MSD 6002H 09.06.1983 Va SLC-3E NOSS 6-MSD / NOSS 6A / NOSS 6B / NOSS 6C 474 1 Atlas-E SGS-2 75E 14.07.1983 Va SLC-3W GPS 8 475 7 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 58E 18.11.1983 Va SLC-3W DMSP-5D2 07 476 3 Atlas-H MSD 6003H 05.02.1984 Va SLC-3E NOSS 7-MSD / NOSS 7A / NOSS 7B / NOSS 7C 478 2 Atlas-E SGS-2 42E 13.06.1984 Va SLC-3W GPS 9 (USA 1) 479 3 Atlas-E SGS-2 14E 08.09.1984 Va SLC-3W GPS 10 (USA 5) 480 8 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 39E 12.12.1984 Va SLC-3W NOAA 9 481 2 Atlas-E OIS 41E 13.03.1985 Va SLC-3W Geosat 485 4 Atlas-E SGS-2 55E 09.10.1985 Va SLC-3W GPS 11 (USA 10) 486 4 Atlas-H MSD 6004H 09.02.1986 Va SLC-3E NOSS 8-MSD (USA 15) / NOSS 8A / NOSS 8B / NOSS 8C (USA 16-18) 487 9 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 52E 17.09.1986 Va SLC-3W NOAA 10 490 5 Atlas-H MSD 6005H 15.05.1987 Va SLC-3E NOSS 9-MSD (USA 22) / NOSS 9A / NOSS 9B / NOSS 9C (USA 23-25) / LIPS 3 491 10 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 59E 20.06.1987 Va SLC-3W DMSP-5D2 08 (USA 26) 492 11 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 54E 03.02.1988 Va SLC-3W DMSP-5D2 09 (USA 29) 493 12 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 63E 24.09.1988 Va SLC-3W NOAA 11 495 1 Atlas-E Altair-3A 28E 11.04.1990 Va SLC-3W POGS & SSR / TEX / SCE (Stacksat 1-3, USA 56-58, P87-2) 497 13 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 61E 01.12.1990 Va SLC-3W DMSP-5D2 10 (USA 68) 499 14 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 50E 14.05.1991 Va SLC-3W NOAA 12 500 15 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 53E 28.11.1991 Va SLC-3W DMSP-5D2 11 (USA 73) 509 16 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 34E 09.08.1993 Va SLC-3W NOAA 13 516 17 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 20E 29.08.1994 Va SLC-3W DMSP-5D2 12 (USA 106) 519 18 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 11E 30.12.1994 Va SLC-3W NOAA 14 523 19 Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS 45E 24.03.1995 Va SLC-3W DMSP-5D2 13 (USA 109) each OV1 payload had its own OV1 propulsion module some OV1 missions carried also a suborbital payload (marked with *) CC = Cape Canaveral Va = Vandenberg F = Failure P = Partial Failure * = suborbital mission ! = the vehicle was destroyed due to a collapse of the payload fairing % = OV1 7 did not reach orbit $ = OV1 11 did not reach orbit & = NOAA-B did not reach correct orbit, because the fuel of the ISS system was depleted too early
