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Atlas Centaur
 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D (Surveyor 1) [NASA] (Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A, -B and -C similar)
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 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D
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 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR
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 Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR (Intelsat-5A 10) [NASA] |
 Atlas-1 (CRRES) [NASA]
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 Atlas-2
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 Atlas-2A (Inmarsat-3 F1) [Lockheed Martin] |
 Atlas-2AS (Galaxy 8i) [DoD] |
 Atlas-3A (Eutelsat W4) [ILS] |
 Atlas-3B-DEC (EchoStar 7) [ILS] |
| Version | Strap-Ons | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
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| Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A | - | Atlas-LV3C / MA-5 | Centaur-A / 2 × RL10A-1 | - |
| Atlas-LV3C Centaur-B | - | Atlas-LV3C / MA-5 | Centaur-B / 2 × RL10A-3 | - |
| Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C | - | Atlas-LV3C / MA-5 | Centaur-C / 2 × RL10A-3 | - |
| Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D | - | Atlas-LV3C / MA-5 | Centaur-D / 2 × RL10A-3-1 | - |
| Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D | - | Atlas-SLV3C / MA-5 | Centaur-D / 2 × RL10A-3-3 | - |
| Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D Star-37E | - | Atlas-SLV3C / MA-5 | Centaur-D / 2 × RL10A-3-3 | Star-37E |
| Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A | - | Atlas-SLV3D / MA-5 | Centaur-D1A / 2 × RL10A-3-3 | - |
| Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A Star-37E | - | Atlas-SLV3D / MA-5 | Centaur-D1A / 2 × RL10A-3-3 | Star-37E |
| Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR | - | Atlas-SLV3D / MA-5 | Centaur-D1AR / 2 × RL10A-3-3 | - |
| Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR | - | Atlas-G / MA-5 | Centaur-D1AR / 2 × RL10A-3-3 | - |
| Atlas-1 | - | Atlas-1 / MA-5 | Centaur-1 / 2 × RL10A-3-3A | - |
| Atlas-2 | - | Atlas-2 / MA-5A | Centaur-2 / 2 × RL10A-3-3A | - |
| Atlas-2A | - | Atlas-2 / MA-5A | Centaur-2A / 2 × RL10A-4 | - |
| Atlas-2AS | 4 × Castor-4A | Atlas-2 / MA-5A | Centaur-2A / 2 × RL10A-4 | - |
| Atlas-3A | - | Atlas-3 / RD-180 | Centaur-3A-SEC / RL10A-4-1B | - |
| Atlas-3B-SEC | - | Atlas-3 / RD-180 | Centaur-3-SEC / RL10A-4-1B | - |
| Atlas-3B-DEC | - | Atlas-3 / RD-180 | Centaur-3-DEC / 2 × RL10A-4-1B | - |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
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| Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A | - | - | |||||
| Atlas-LV3C Centaur-B | - | - | |||||
| Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C | - | - | |||||
| Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D | - | - | |||||
| Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D | 3500 | - | - | 1000 | |||
| Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D Star-37E | - | - | - | - | |||
| Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A | 5100 | - | 1814 | - | 590 | ||
| Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A Star-37E | - | - | - | - | |||
| Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR | - | - | |||||
| Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR | 5900 | - | 2222 | - | 1179 | ||
| Atlas-1 | 5900 | - | 2340 | - | 1520 | ||
| Atlas-2 | 6780 | 5510 | 2810 | - | 2000 | ||
| Atlas-2A | 7316 | 6192 | 3180 | - | 2160 | ||
| Atlas-2AS | 8618 | 7212 | 3833 | - | 2680 | ||
| Atlas-3A | 8686 | 7162 | 4060 | - | 2970 | ||
| Atlas-3B-SEC | 4193 | - | 3400 | ||||
| Atlas-3B-DEC | 10759 | 9212 | 4609 | - |
No: Type: Des: L.Date LS Payload
1 1 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A AC- 1 09.05.1962 F*CC LC-36A Centaur AC-1 2 1 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-B AC- 2 27.11.1963 CC LC-36A Centaur AC-2 3 1 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C AC- 3 30.06.1964 F CC LC-36A Centaur AC-3 4 2 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C AC- 4 11.12.1964 P CC LC-36A Surveyor-Model 1 5 3 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C AC- 5 02.03.1965 F CC LC-36A Surveyor-SD 1 6 1 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D AC- 6 11.08.1965 CC LC-36B Surveyor-SD 2 7 2 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D AC- 8 08.04.1966 CC LC-36B Surveyor-Model 2 8 3 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D AC- 10 30.05.1966 CC LC-36A Surveyor 1 9 4 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D AC- 7 20.09.1966 CC LC-36A Surveyor 2 10 5 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D AC- 9 26.10.1966 CC LC-36B Surveyor-Model 3 11 6 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D AC- 12 17.04.1967 CC LC-36B Surveyor 3 12 7 Atlas-LV3C Centaur-D AC- 11 14.07.1967 CC LC-36A Surveyor 4 13 1 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 13 08.09.1967 CC LC-36B Surveyor 5 14 2 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 14 07.11.1967 CC LC-36B Surveyor 6 15 3 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 15 07.01.1968 CC LC-36A Surveyor 7 16 4 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 17 10.08.1968 F CC LC-36A ATS 4 17 5 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 16 07.12.1968 CC LC-36B OAO 2 18 6 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 20 25.02.1969 CC LC-36B Mariner 6 19 7 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 19 27.03.1969 CC LC-36A Mariner 7 20 8 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 18 12.08.1969 CC LC-36A ATS 5 21 9 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 21 30.11.1970 F CC LC-36B OAO B 22 10 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 25 26.01.1971 CC LC-36A Intelsat-4 2 23 11 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 24 09.05.1971 F CC LC-36A Mariner 8 24 12 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 23 30.05.1971 CC LC-36B Mariner 9 25 13 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 26 20.12.1971 CC LC-36A Intelsat-4 3 26 14 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 28 23.01.1972 CC LC-36B Intelsat-4 4 27 1 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D Star-37E AC- 27 03.03.1972 CC LC-36A Pioneer 10 28 15 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 29 13.06.1972 CC LC-36B Intelsat-4 5 29 16 Atlas-SLV3C Centaur-D AC- 22 21.08.1972 CC LC-36B OAO 3 30 1 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A Star-37E AC- 30 06.04.1973 CC LC-36B Pioneer 11 31 1 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A AC- 31 23.08.1973 CC LC-36A Intelsat-4 7 32 2 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A AC- 34 03.11.1973 CC LC-36B Mariner 10 33 3 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A AC- 32 21.11.1974 CC LC-36B Intelsat-4 8 34 4 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A AC- 33 20.02.1975 F CC LC-36A Intelsat-4 6 35 5 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1A AC- 35 22.05.1975 CC LC-36A Intelsat-4 1 36 1 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 36 26.09.1975 CC LC-36B Intelsat-4A 1 37 2 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 37 29.01.1976 CC LC-36B Intelsat-4A 2 38 3 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 38 13.05.1976 CC LC-36A Comstar 1A 39 4 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 40 22.07.1976 CC LC-36B Comstar 1B 40 5 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 39 26.05.1977 CC LC-36A Intelsat-4A 4 41 6 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 45 12.08.1977 CC LC-36B HEAO 1 42 7 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 43 30.09.1977 F CC LC-36A Intelsat-4A 5 43 8 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 46 07.01.1978 CC LC-36B Intelsat-4A 3 44 9 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 44 09.02.1978 CC LC-36A FLTSATCOM 1 45 10 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 48 31.03.1978 CC LC-36B Intelsat-4A 6 46 11 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 50 20.05.1978 CC LC-36A Pioneer-Venus 1 (Pioneer 12) 47 12 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 41 29.06.1978 CC LC-36B Comstar 1C 48 13 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 51 08.08.1978 CC LC-36A Pioneer-Venus 2 (Pioneer 13) 49 14 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 52 13.11.1978 CC LC-36B HEAO 2 (Einstein) 50 15 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 47 04.05.1979 CC LC-36A FLTSATCOM 2 51 16 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 53 20.09.1979 CC LC-36B HEAO 3 52 17 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 49 18.01.1980 CC LC-36A FLTSATCOM 3 53 18 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 57 31.10.1980 CC LC-36A FLTSATCOM 4 54 19 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 54 06.12.1980 CC LC-36B Intelsat-5 2 55 20 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 42 21.02.1981 CC LC-36A Comstar 1D 56 21 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 56 23.05.1981 CC LC-36B Intelsat-5 1 57 22 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 59 06.08.1981 P CC LC-36A FLTSATCOM 5 58 23 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 55 15.12.1981 CC LC-36B Intelsat-5 3 59 24 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 58 05.03.1982 CC LC-36A Intelsat-5 4 60 25 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 60 28.09.1982 CC LC-36B Intelsat-5 5 61 26 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR AC- 61 19.05.1983 CC LC-36A Intelsat-5 6 62 1 Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR AC- 62 09.06.1984 P CC LC-36B Intelsat-5 9 63 2 Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR AC- 63 22.03.1985 CC LC-36B Intelsat-5A 10 64 3 Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR AC- 64 30.06.1985 CC LC-36B Intelsat-5A 11 65 4 Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR AC- 65 28.09.1985 CC LC-36B Intelsat-5A 12 66 5 Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR AC- 66 05.12.1986 CC LC-36B FLTSATCOM 7 (USA 20) 67 6 Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR AC- 67 26.03.1987 F CC LC-36B FLTSATCOM 6 68 7 Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR AC- 68 25.09.1989 CC LC-36B FLTSATCOM 8 (USA 46) 69 1 Atlas-1 AC- 69 25.07.1990 CC LC-36B CRRES (P86-1) 70 2 Atlas-1 AC- 70 18.04.1991 F CC LC-36B BS 3h 71 1 Atlas-2 AC-102 07.12.1991 CC LC-36B Eutelsat-2 F3 72 2 Atlas-2 AC-101 11.02.1992 CC LC-36A DSCS-3 B14 (USA 78) [IABS] 73 3 Atlas-1 AC- 72 14.03.1992 CC LC-36B Galaxy 5 74 1 Atlas-2A AC-105 10.06.1992 CC LC-36B Intelsat K 75 3 Atlas-2 AC-103 02.07.1992 CC LC-36A DSCS-3 B12 (USA 82) [IABS] 76 4 Atlas-1 AC- 71 22.08.1992 F CC LC-36B Galaxy 1R 77 5 Atlas-1 AC- 74 25.03.1993 P CC LC-36B UFO 1 78 4 Atlas-2 AC-104 19.07.1993 CC LC-36A DSCS-3 B9 (USA 93) [IABS] 79 6 Atlas-1 AC- 75 03.09.1993 CC LC-36B UFO 2 (USA 95) 80 5 Atlas-2 AC-106 28.11.1993 CC LC-36A DSCS-3 B10 (USA 97) [IABS] 81 1 Atlas-2AS AC-108 16.12.1993 CC LC-36B Telstar 401 82 7 Atlas-1 AC- 73 13.04.1994 CC LC-36B GOES 8 (I) 83 8 Atlas-1 AC- 76 24.06.1994 CC LC-36B UFO 3 (USA 104) 84 2 Atlas-2A AC-107 03.08.1994 CC LC-36A DirecTV 2 (DBS 2) 85 2 Atlas-2AS AC-111 06.10.1994 CC LC-36B Intelsat 703 86 3 Atlas-2A AC-110 29.11.1994 CC LC-36A Orion 1 87 3 Atlas-2AS AC-113 10.01.1995 CC LC-36B Intelsat 704 88 6 Atlas-2 AC-112 29.01.1995 CC LC-36A UFO 4 (USA 108) 89 4 Atlas-2AS AC-115 22.03.1995 CC LC-36B Intelsat 705 90 4 Atlas-2A AC-114 07.04.1995 CC LC-36A AMSC 1 (M-Sat 2) 91 9 Atlas-1 AC- 77 23.05.1995 CC LC-36B GOES 9 (J) 92 7 Atlas-2 AC-116 31.05.1995 CC LC-36A UFO 5 (USA 111) 93 5 Atlas-2A AC-118 31.07.1995 CC LC-36A DSCS-3 B7 (USA 113) [IABS] 94 5 Atlas-2AS AC-117 29.08.1995 CC LC-36B JCSat 3 95 8 Atlas-2 AC-119 22.10.1995 CC LC-36A UFO 6 (USA 114) 96 6 Atlas-2AS AC-121 02.12.1995 CC LC-36B SOHO 97 6 Atlas-2A AC-120 15.12.1995 CC LC-36A Galaxy 3R 98 7 Atlas-2AS AC-126 01.02.1996 CC LC-36B Palapa C1 99 7 Atlas-2A AC-122 03.04.1996 CC LC-36A Inmarsat-3 F1 100 10 Atlas-1 AC- 78 30.04.1996 CC LC-36B SAX (BeppoSAX) 101 9 Atlas-2 AC-125 25.07.1996 CC LC-36A UFO 7 (USA 127) 102 8 Atlas-2A AC-123 08.09.1996 CC LC-36B GE 1 103 9 Atlas-2A AC-124 21.11.1996 CC LC-36A Hotbird 2 104 10 Atlas-2A AC-129 18.12.1996 CC LC-36B Inmarsat-3 F3 105 8 Atlas-2AS AC-127 17.02.1997 CC LC-36B JCSat 4 106 11 Atlas-2A AC-128 08.03.1997 CC LC-36A Tempo 2 107 11 Atlas-1 AC- 79 25.04.1997 CC LC-36B GOES 10 (K) 108 9 Atlas-2AS AC-133 28.07.1997 CC LC-36B Superbird C 109 10 Atlas-2AS AC-146 04.09.1997 CC LC-36A GE 3 110 11 Atlas-2AS AC-135 05.10.1997 CC LC-36B EchoStar 3 111 12 Atlas-2A AC-131 25.10.1997 CC LC-36A DSCS-3 B13 (USA 134) [IABS] / Falcon Gold 112 12 Atlas-2AS AC-149 08.12.1997 CC LC-36B Galaxy 8i 113 13 Atlas-2A AC-109 29.01.1998 CC SLC-36A Quasar 12 (USA 137) 114 13 Atlas-2AS AC-151 28.02.1998 CC SLC-36B Intelsat 806 115 10 Atlas-2 AC-132 16.03.1998 CC SLC-36A UFO 8 (USA 138) 116 14 Atlas-2AS AC-153 18.06.1998 CC SLC-36B Intelsat 805 117 14 Atlas-2A AC-134 09.10.1998 CC SLC-36B Hotbird 5 118 15 Atlas-2A AC-130 20.10.1998 CC SLC-36A UFO 9 (USA 141) 119 15 Atlas-2AS AC-152 16.02.1999 CC SLC-36A JCSat 6 120 16 Atlas-2AS AC-154 12.04.1999 CC SLC-36A Eutelsat W3 121 17 Atlas-2AS AC-155 23.09.1999 CC SLC-36A EchoStar 5 122 16 Atlas-2A AC-136 23.11.1999 CC SLC-36B UFO 10 (USA 146) 123 18 Atlas-2AS AC-141 18.12.1999 Va SLC-3E EOS-AM 1 (Terra) 124 17 Atlas-2A AC-138 21.01.2000 CC SLC-36A DSCS-3 B8 (USA 148) [IABS] 125 19 Atlas-2AS AC-158 03.02.2000 CC SLC-36B Hispasat 1C 126 18 Atlas-2A AC-137 03.05.2000 CC SLC-36A GOES 11 (L) 127 1 Atlas-3A AC-201 24.05.2000 CC SLC-36B Eutelsat W4 128 19 Atlas-2A AC-139 30.06.2000 CC SLC-36A TDRS 8 (H) 129 20 Atlas-2AS AC-161 14.07.2000 CC SLC-36B EchoStar 6 130 20 Atlas-2A AC-140 20.10.2000 CC SLC-36A DSCS-3 B11 (USA 153) [IABS] 131 21 Atlas-2AS AC-157 06.12.2000 CC SLC-36A Quasar 13 (USA 155) 132 22 Atlas-2AS AC-156 19.06.2001 CC SLC-36B ICO F2 133 21 Atlas-2A AC-142 23.07.2001 CC SLC-36A GOES 12 (M) 134 23 Atlas-2AS AC-160 08.09.2001 Va SLC-3E Intruder 1 (USA 160) / Intruder 2 (USA 160-2) 135 24 Atlas-2AS AC-162 11.10.2001 CC SLC-36B Quasar 14 (USA 162) 136 1 Atlas-3B-DEC AC-204 21.02.2002 CC SLC-36B EchoStar 7 137 22 Atlas-2A AC-143 08.03.2002 CC SLC-36A TDRS 9 (I) 138 25 Atlas-2AS AC-159 18.09.2002 CC SLC-36A Hispasat 1D 139 23 Atlas-2A AC-144 05.12.2002 CC SLC-36A TDRS 10 (J) 140 1 Atlas-3B-SEC AC-205 12.04.2003 CC SLC-36B AsiaSat 4 141 26 Atlas-2AS AC-164 02.12.2003 Va SLC-3E Intruder 3 (USA 173) / Intruder 4 (USA 173-2) 142 2 Atlas-3B-SEC AC-203 18.12.2003 CC SLC-36B UFO 11 (USA 174) 143 27 Atlas-2AS AC-165 05.02.2004 CC SLC-36A AMC 10 144 2 Atlas-3A AC-202 13.03.2004 CC SLC-36B MBSat 1 145 28 Atlas-2AS AC-163 16.04.2004 CC SLC-36A Superbird 6 146 29 Atlas-2AS AC-166 19.05.2004 CC SLC-36B AMC 11 147 30 Atlas-2AS AC-167 31.08.2004 CC SLC-36A Quasar 15 (USA 179, NROL 1) 148 3 Atlas-3B-SEC AC-206 03.02.2005 CC SLC-36B Intruder 5 (USA 181) / Intruder 6 (USA 181-2) Launch sites: CC = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USAVa = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA
