Vehicle / SINCE 1993

Atlas IIAS

Lockheed Martin Discontinued
ABOUT

Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.

SPECIFICATIONS 10
Length 47.54 m
Diameter 3.04 m
Launch Mass T 204
Leo Capacity 6,580 kg
Gto Capacity 2,810 kg
Thrust 4,391 kN
Reusable No
Total Launches 30
Successful Launches 30
Maiden Flight 1993-12-16