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Atlas-5(541)

Atlas-5(541)¹ (MSL) [NASA]

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Version Strap-On Stage 1 Stage 2
Atlas-5(541) 4 × AJ-60A (¹) or 4 × GEM-63 (²) CCB / RD-180 Centaur-3(5)-SEC / RL10A-4-2 or RL10C-1
Performance (kg) LEO LPEO SSO GTO GEO MolO IP
Atlas-5(541) 17100 13480 12435 8240 3730
Nr:  TNr: Vehicle:        Serial:   Fair: LS:         Date:         Payload

28   1    Atlas-5(541)¹   AV-028    5S    CC SLC-41   26.11.2011    MSL (Curiosity)
45   2    Atlas-5(541)¹   AV-045    5S    CC SLC-41   10.04.2014    SHARP 1 ? (USA 250, NROL 67)
51   3    Atlas-5(541)¹   AV-051    5S    Va SLC-3E   13.12.2014    Trumpet 6 (USA 259, NROL 35, SBIRS HEO-3)
67   4    Atlas-5(541)¹   AV-069    5S    CC SLC-41   19.11.2016    GOES 16 (R)
73   5    Atlas-5(541)¹   AV-072    5S    Va SLC-3E   24.09.2017    Trumpet 7 (USA 278, NROL 42, SBIRS HEO-4)
76   6    Atlas-5(541)¹   AV-077    5S    CC SLC-41   01.03.2018    GOES 17 (S)
85   7    Atlas-5(541)¹   AV-088    5S    CC SLC-41   30.07.2020    Mars 2020 (Perseverance)
92   8    Atlas-5(541)²   AV-095    5S    CC SLC-41   01.03.2022    GOES 18 (T)
94   9    Atlas-5(541)²   AV-094    5S    CC SLC-41   01.07.2022    WFOV-T (USA 332) / USSF-12 Ring (USA 333) / USA 337


Fairing types:

5S = 5 m diameter, 10.2 m inner height
5M = 5 m diameter, 12.9 m inner height
5L = 5 m diameter, 15.9 m inner height


Launch sites:

CC  = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA USA
Va  = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA USA

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