Atlas IIIB

United States2002 to 2005

An Atlas III with a two-engine Centaur, flown four times from 2002 to 2005, the last for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Launches: 4
Success rate: 100%; 0 failures
First flight: 21 February 2002; Echostar VII
Last flight: 3 February 2005; NROL-23 (Intruder 7A & 7B)

Builder: LM
Height: 52.8 m
Diameter: 3.1 m
Stages: 2
Propellants: Kerosene / LOX, LH2 / LOX
Payload to LEO: 10,218 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,498 kg

Launches per year

Atlas IIIB

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Year	Launches	Atlas IIIB
1958	1	0
1959	1	0
1960	5	0
1961	11	0
1962	16	0
1963	10	0
1964	18	0
1965	19	0
1966	33	0
1967	14	0
1968	8	0
1969	5	0
1970	3	0
1971	6	0
1972	6	0
1973	4	0
1974	2	0
1975	5	0
1976	4	0
1977	7	0
1978	14	0
1979	4	0
1980	8	0
1981	6	0
1982	3	0
1983	6	0
1984	5	0
1985	5	0
1986	3	0
1987	3	0
1988	2	0
1989	1	0
1990	3	0
1991	4	0
1992	5	0
1993	6	0
1994	7	0
1995	12	0
1996	7	0
1997	8	0
1998	6	0
1999	5	0
2000	8	0
2001	4	0
2002	5	1
2003	5	2
2004	6	0
2005	3	1
2006	2	0
2007	4	0
2008	2	0
2009	5	0
2010	4	0
2011	5	0
2012	6	0
2013	8	0
2014	9	0
2015	9	0
2016	8	0
2017	6	0
2018	5	0
2019	2	0
2020	5	0
2021	4	0
2022	7	0
2023	2	0
2024	2	0
2025	5	0
2026	4	0

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