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
- Thrust
- 2,479 kN
- Height
- 47.54 m
- Diameter
- 3.04 m
- Launch mass
- 204 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 6,580 kg
- GTO capacity
- 2,810 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
23
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
23 of 23
Current success streak
23
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Atlas IIA | TDRS 10 — Success
- Atlas IIA | TDRS 9 — Success
- Atlas IIA | GOES 12 — Success
- Atlas IIA | DSCS-3 B11 — Success
- Atlas IIA | TDRS 8 — Success