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Atlas

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
27
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
326
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
Unknown
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
199860
199950
200080
200140
200240
200330
200450
200510

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource

No performance specs

No structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
USA 181 [NOSS16]
Atlas 3B SEC
Feb 3, 2005
USA 179 [SDS15]
Atlas IIAS
Aug 31, 2004
AMC-11
Atlas IIAS
May 19, 2004
Superbird 6

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Atlas 3A
Not stated2Retired
Atlas 3B DEC
Not stated1Retired
Atlas 3B SEC
Not stated3Retired
Atlas Able
Not stated3Retired
Atlas IIAS
Apr 16, 2004
MBSAT Mission
Atlas 3A
Mar 13, 2004
AMC-10
Atlas IIAS
Feb 5, 2004
USA 174 (UHF F11)
Atlas 3B SEC
Dec 18, 2003
USA 173 [NOSS15]
Atlas IIAS
Dec 2, 2003

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Atlas Agena A
Not stated4Retired
Atlas Agena B
Not stated28Retired
Atlas Agena D
Not stated15Retired
Atlas B
Not stated1Retired
Atlas Burner 2
Not stated2Retired
Atlas Centaur
Not stated4Retired
Atlas Centaur D
Not stated7Retired
Atlas D
Not stated14Retired
Atlas E
Not stated22Retired
Atlas E Altair
Not stated1Retired
Atlas F
Not stated22Retired
Atlas G Centaur
Not stated7Retired
Atlas H
Not stated5Retired
Atlas I
Not stated11Retired
Atlas II
Not stated10Retired
Atlas IIA
Not stated23Retired
Atlas IIAS
Not stated30Retired
Atlas SLV-3
Not stated1Retired
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D
Not stated12Retired
Atlas SLV-3 Agena B
Not stated1Retired
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
Not stated48Retired
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
Not stated17Retired
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
Not stated32Retired
Track
Mentions
402
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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The Urban Atlas product offers detailed land cover maps for 788 functional urban areas across Europe.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 25, 2025Città spugna: il futuro urbano tra dati e resilienza

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter imaged 3I/ATLAS and detected a coma as the icy object outgassed.

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CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 13, 2025Review: Reinventing SETI

The environmental impact statement for Starship shows restriction zones for tests and launches extending to include SLC-41, used by United Launch Alliance for Atlas and Vulcan.

LegalPlanValue 4.0Oct 13, 2025Promising to be a good neighbor

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb estimates a 30-40% chance that 3I/ATLAS is an artifact from an extraterrestrial civilization.

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 13, 2025Review: Reinventing SETI

Rompetechos was launched at the Centro de Vuelo Atlas in Jaén, Spain.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0Oct 13, 2025El sueño de Faraday Rocketry: hacer de la UPV la primera universidad de Europa en llegar al espacio

The interstellar object designated 3I/ATLAS passed close to Mars at a distance of about 30 million kilometers.

GeneralValue 3.5Oct 13, 2025Review: Reinventing SETI

The ESA has planned a 2029 mission called the Comet Interceptor to intercept another icy wanderer from the Oort Cloud or another interstellar visitor such as 3I/ATLAS.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 9, 2025Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover might have captured an image of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it passed Mars at a distance of 23.6 million miles.

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 9, 2025Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars

3I/ATLAS has faded for now but should be observable again after mid-November, allowing scientists to track how its activity changes as it approaches the Sun.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Oct 9, 2025Water signature detected in interstellar comet 3I ATLAS by Swift

The ESA has images of the 3L/ATLAS interstellar object, which came within 18.64 million miles of the ESA's Mars orbiters.

GeneralValue 3.0Oct 9, 2025Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter used its Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System to take a series of digital images of the 3L/ATLAS interstellar object.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 9, 2025Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars

NASA officials have said that it is yet to be confirmed that the image is of the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object.

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 9, 2025Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars

The OH signal suggested a water-loss rate near 40 kilograms per second from 3I/ATLAS.

GeneralValue 3.2Oct 9, 2025Water signature detected in interstellar comet 3I ATLAS by Swift

Researchers propose that sunlight may heat small icy grains released from the nucleus of 3I/ATLAS, allowing them to vaporize and feed an extended cloud of water around the comet.

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 9, 2025Water signature detected in interstellar comet 3I ATLAS by Swift

'Oumuamua was dry, Borisov was rich in carbon monoxide, and ATLAS is releasing water at a distance where it was not expected.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.6Oct 9, 2025Water signature detected in interstellar comet 3I ATLAS by Swift

ExoMars revealed the halo of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus of comet 3I/ATLAS.

GeneralCapabilityValue 2.0Oct 7, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍 Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus. Read more 👉 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/ESA_s_ExoMars_and_Mars_Express_observe_comet_3I_ATLAS

The legal firm Mas y Calvet coordinated legal actions, airspace specifications, insurance policies, and operational coordination with the Atlas center.

LegalGeneralValue 2.2Oct 7, 2025De un sueño imposible a un hito histórico

The launch involved unprecedented aerospace operations, being the first sounding rocket launch in Spain, at the Atlas center, and in the province of Jaén.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0Oct 7, 2025De un sueño imposible a un hito histórico

The legal firm Mas y Calvet helped establish a crucial link between Faraday Rocketry and the Advanced Aerospace Technologies Center (Catec), facilitating access to the Atlas Flight Test Center.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 7, 2025De un sueño imposible a un hito histórico

Since its establishment in 2014, over 95 national and international companies have conducted flight campaigns at the Atlas Flight Test Center.

GeneralGrowthValue 3.4Oct 7, 2025De un sueño imposible a un hito histórico