Rocket family

Atlas

United States1958 to 2026

Atlas begins as America's first intercontinental ballistic missile, a rocket with steel balloon tanks so thin they must stay pressurized to hold their shape. Converted for spaceflight, it carries the Mercury astronauts into orbit, and with the Agena and Centaur upper stages it sends probes to the Moon and the planets. The later Atlas II, III and V carry the line into the 21st century, the last two with Russian-built engines.

Launches: 436
Success rate: 91%; 32 failures · 8 partial
First flight: 1958; SM-65B Atlas
Last flight: 2026; Atlas V 551
Rocket types: 47

Launches per year

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Year	Launches
1958	1
1959	1
1960	5
1961	11
1962	16
1963	10
1964	18
1965	19
1966	33
1967	14
1968	8
1969	5
1970	3
1971	6
1972	6
1973	4
1974	2
1975	5
1976	4
1977	7
1978	14
1979	4
1980	8
1981	6
1982	3
1983	6
1984	5
1985	5
1986	3
1987	3
1988	2
1989	1
1990	3
1991	4
1992	5
1993	6
1994	7
1995	12
1996	7
1997	8
1998	6
1999	5
2000	8
2001	4
2002	5
2003	5
2004	6
2005	3
2006	2
2007	4
2008	2
2009	5
2010	4
2011	5
2012	6
2013	8
2014	9
2015	9
2016	8
2017	6
2018	5
2019	2
2020	5
2021	4
2022	7
2023	2
2024	2
2025	5
2026	4

Atlas rockets

Rocket	Flown	Launches	Success rate	Height	Payload to LEO
SM-65B Atlas	1958	1	100%	22 m	68 kg
Atlas-Able	1959 to 1960	3	0%	35 m	625 kg
Atlas LV-3 Agena A	1960	3	33%	30 m	1,000 kg
Atlas LV-3 Agena B	1961 to 1965	29	76%	32.1 m	1,725 kg
Atlas LV-3B	1961 to 1963	7	86%	28.7 m	1,360 kg
Atlas LV-3 Agena D	1963 to 1965	15	100%	32.1 m	1,000 kg
Atlas LV-3C Centaur	1963 to 1965	4	50%	33 m
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D	1964 to 1967	48	92%	32.1 m	1,000 kg
SM-65D Atlas	1965 to 1967	7	43%	25.2 m	1,400 kg
Atlas LV-3C Centaur D	1965 to 1967	7	100%	33 m
Atlas SLV-3	1966	1	100%	21 m	800 kg
Atlas SLV-3 Agena B	1966	1	100%	32.1 m	1,000 kg
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur	1967 to 1972	17	82%	40.2 m	800 kg
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D	1968 to 1978	12	92%	36 m	1,000 kg
SM-65F Atlas	1968 to 1981	9	89%	20 m	820 kg
Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2	1968 to 1972	2	50%	28.9 m	800 kg
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur	1973 to 1983	32	91%	40.3 m	800 kg
Atlas F/PTS	1974	1	100%	29.2 m	295 kg
Atlas F MSD	1976 to 1980	3	100%	27.3 m	800 kg
Atlas F/SVS	1977 to 1980	7	100%	29.2 m	820 kg
Atlas F/Agena D	1978	1	100%	34.6 m	1,000 kg
Atlas F/OIS	1979	1	100%	32.1 m	870 kg
Atlas E MSD	1980	1	0%	27.3 m	800 kg
Atlas E/SVS	1981	1	0%	29.2 m	800 kg
SM-65E Atlas	1982 to 1995	15	100%	20 m	820 kg
Atlas H	1983 to 1987	5	100%	27 m	3,630 kg
Atlas E/SGS-2	1983 to 1985	4	100%	32.1 m	455 kg
Atlas G Centaur	1984 to 1989	7	71%	41.8 m	3,630 kg
Atlas E/OIS	1985	1	100%	28.7 m	870 kg
Atlas E Altair	1990	1	100%	27.3 m	210 kg
Atlas I	1990 to 1997	11	73%	43.9 m	5,900 kg
Atlas II	1991 to 1998	10	100%	47.5 m	6,580 kg
Atlas IIA	1992 to 2002	23	100%	47.5 m	6,580 kg
Atlas IIAS	1993 to 2004	30	100%	47.5 m	6,580 kg
Atlas IIIA	2000 to 2004	2	100%	52.8 m	8,640 kg
Atlas IIIB	2002 to 2005	4	100%	52.8 m	10,218 kg
Atlas V 401	2002 to 2022	41	98%	58.3 m	9,050 kg
Atlas V 521	2003 to 2004	2	100%	58.3 m	13,490 kg
Atlas V 431	2005 to 2016	3	100%	59.1 m	15,260 kg
Atlas V 551	2006 to 2026	23	100%	59.7 m	18,850 kg
Atlas V 411	2006 to 2020	6	100%	58.3 m	8,080 kg
Atlas V 421	2007 to 2022	9	100%	58.3 m	14,067 kg
Atlas V 501	2010 to 2023	8	100%	58.3 m	8,210 kg
Atlas V 531	2010 to 2022	5	100%	60 m	15,530 kg
Atlas V 541	2011 to 2022	9	100%	60 m	17,410 kg
Atlas V N22	2019 to 2024	3	100%	52.4 m	13,034 kg
Atlas V 511	2022	1	100%	58.3 m	10,986 kg