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Atlas-5(551)

Atlas-5(551)¹ (New Horizons) [NASA]
(short fairing)

Atlas-5(551)¹ (MUOS 1) [ULA]
(medium fairing)

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Version Strap-On Stage 1 Stage 2
Atlas-5(551) 5 × AJ-60A (¹) or 5 × 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(551) 18500 14520 13550 8700 3960
Nr:   TNr: Vehicle:        Serial:   Fair: LS:         Date:         Payload

  7   1    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-010    5S    CC SLC-41   19.01.2006    New Horizons [Star-48B]
 27   2    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-029    5S    CC SLC-41   05.08.2011    Juno
 29   3    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-030    5M    CC SLC-41   24.02.2012    MUOS 1 
 39   4    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-040    5M    CC SLC-41   19.07.2013    MUOS 2
 52   5    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-052    5M    CC SLC-41   21.01.2015    MUOS 3
 56   6    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-056    5M    CC SLC-41   02.09.2015    MUOS 4
 63   7    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-063    5M    CC SLC-41   24.06.2016    MUOS 5
 77   8    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-079    5S    CC SLC-41   14.04.2018    CBAS 1 (USA 283, AFSPC 11) / EAGLE (USA 284) / Mycroft (USA 285) / USA 286 / USA 287
 79   9    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-073    5S    CC SLC-41   17.10.2018    AEHF 4 (USA 288)
 80  10    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-083    5S    CC SLC-41   08.08.2019    AEHF 5 (USA 292) / TDO 1
 83  11    Atlas-5(551)¹   AV-086    5S    CC SLC-41   26.03.2020    AEHF 6 (USA 298) / TDO 2
 90  12    Atlas-5(551)²   AV-093    5S    CC SLC-41   07.12.2021    STPSat 6 / LDPE 1 / Ascent
 98  13    Atlas-5(551)²   AV-102    5S    CC SLC-41   10.09.2023    Silentbarker 1, 2, 3 (USA 346, ..., 348)


Planned:

  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    x         5M    CC SLC-41   xx.xx.202x    KuiperSat LAt2 1, ..., x
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    x         5M    CC SLC-41   xx.xx.202x    KuiperSat LAt3 1, ..., x
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    x         5M    CC SLC-41   xx.xx.202x    KuiperSat LAt4 1, ..., x
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    x         5M    CC SLC-41   xx.xx.202x    KuiperSat LAt5 1, ..., x
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    x         5M    CC SLC-41   xx.xx.202x    KuiperSat LAt6 1, ..., x
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    x         5M    CC SLC-41   xx.xx.202x    KuiperSat LAt7 1, ..., x
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    x         5M    CC SLC-41   xx.xx.202x    KuiperSat LAt8 1, ..., x
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    x         5M    CC SLC-41   xx.xx.202x    KuiperSat LAt9 1, ..., x
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    AV-100    5     CC SLC-41   xx.xx.2025    ViaSat 3.2
  x   x    Atlas-5(551)    AV-101    5     CC SLC-41   xx.06.2024    USSF 51
 
 
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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