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Atlas H
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The Atlas H was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was used to launch five clusters of NOSS satellites for the US National Reconnaissance Office. Two flights also carried LiPS satellites, as secondary payloads for the United States Naval Research Laboratory.
Key figures
Total launches
5
Successes
5
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
5
Maiden flight
Feb 9, 1983
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
120d 9h
Planned launches
0
Atlas family total
87 launches · 68 successes · 19 failures (11 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Atlas H” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Atlas family totals 87 launches across 11 variants.
Technology
Length
27 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch mass
150 t
Liftoff thrust
2,282 kN
Stages
1
LEO (low Earth orbit)
3,630 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
2,255 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 5
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia