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Atlas IIA
RetiredLockheed Martin
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.
Key figures
Total launches
23
Successes
23
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
23
Maiden flight
Jun 10, 1992
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
10d 8h
Planned launches
0
Atlas, Atlas II family total
63 launches · 63 successes · 0 failures (3 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Atlas IIA” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Atlas, Atlas II family totals 63 launches across 3 variants.
Technology
Length
47.54 m
Diameter
3.04 m
Launch mass
204 t
Liftoff thrust
2,479 kN
Stages
3
LEO (low Earth orbit)
6,580 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
2,810 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 23
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia