The Atlas LV-3A was a largely unsuccessful configuration until it was given an Agena B upper stage. It was responsible for the launch of Mariner II to Venus and had one of the first engines that could be restarted in orbit.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 363 kN
- Height
- 20.27 m
- Diameter
- 3.05 m
- Launch mass
- 130 t
- Stages
- —
- Launch cost
- $14.21M
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
29
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
72.4%
21 of 29
Current success streak
6
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 Agena B | Ranger 9 — Success
- Atlas Agena B | Ranger 8 — Success
- Atlas Agena B | OGO 1 — Success
- Atlas Agena B | Ranger 7 — Success
- Atlas Agena B | Ranger 6 — Success