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Vehicle family profile

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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Atlas Dynamics has hired Ukrainian refugees to speed up production.

GrowthCapabilityValue 2.8Dec 26, 2022Atlas Dynamics to open Drone manufacturing plant in Ukraine

Atlas Pro is resistant to electronic warfare interference.

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CapabilityValue 3.0Dec 26, 2022Atlas Dynamics to open Drone manufacturing plant in Ukraine

Atlas Dynamics predicts that the ability to launch and control 50 Atlas Pro drones simultaneously will be possible in the first quarter of 2023.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Dec 26, 2022Atlas Dynamics to open Drone manufacturing plant in Ukraine

ispace selected the Atlas Crater at 47.5°N, 44.4°E on the southeastern outer edge of Mare Frigoris as Mission 1’s primary landing site.

PlanValue 4.0Nov 17, 2022ispace Announces Mission 1 Launch Date

Metrics from pass success and equipment performance available to ATLAS’ clients will provide the United States Space Force with insight into the performance of ground site hardware, satellites, space communications, and federated networks.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.4Nov 12, 2022ATLAS Space Operations receives USSF SBIR contract for data analytics platform development

Esri will use Maxar’s Vivid basemaps to upgrade nearly half of the global landmass in the Living Atlas from 1.2 m resolution to 0.6 m resolution.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jul 22, 2022Maxar’s high-resolution vivid basemaps enhances Esri ArcGIS Living Atlas of the world

ATLAS Space Operations will provide Ground Station as a Service capabilities to NOAA using ATLAS’ Freedom software and its Global Antenna Network.

RelationshipsCapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Jul 13, 2022ATLAS Space Operations’ GSaaS services awarded a NOAA IDIQ contract

ATLAS was ranked the 15th fastest-growing software company in the Inc. 5000, placing 102 overall.

GrowthGeneralValue 1.6Jun 12, 2022ATLAS Space Operations receives a Defense Innovation Unit award for federated network demo

ATLAS's proprietary technology allows for easy integration of complex disparate systems in the federated network.

CapabilityValue 2.0Jun 12, 2022ATLAS Space Operations receives a Defense Innovation Unit award for federated network demo

ATLAS conducts secure and efficient space communications that inform critical decisions on Earth, supported by its cloud-based platform, Freedom™.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.2Jun 12, 2022ATLAS Space Operations receives a Defense Innovation Unit award for federated network demo

ATLAS's Hybrid Space Architecture enables existing and new technologies to operate on the same platform for ground-space data transfer.

CapabilityValue 3.0Jun 12, 2022ATLAS Space Operations receives a Defense Innovation Unit award for federated network demo

ATLAS's cloud-hosted Freedom™ Network Management Platform enables the seamless transfer of data streams across DoD, Civil, and commercial platforms.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Jun 12, 2022ATLAS Space Operations receives a Defense Innovation Unit award for federated network demo

ATLAS is applying its Freedom™ software to address hardware constraints, growing satellite counts, and expanding applications in the industry.

GeneralGrowthValue 1.8Jun 12, 2022ATLAS Space Operations receives a Defense Innovation Unit award for federated network demo

The Indian edition of ArcGIS Living Atlas provides customers with more than 500 data layers.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0May 26, 2022RailTel and Esri India sign MoU to provide Cloud-based ‘Geospatial Infrastructure’

Multi-frequency signal tracking and Atlas L-Band correction subscriptions with the Geode GNS3 allow for up to decimeter accuracy.

CapabilityValue 4.0Apr 21, 2022Juniper Systems Inc. launches next-generation Geode GNS3 GNSS Receiver

United Launch Alliance manufactures Atlas, Delta, and Vulcan Centaur rockets in Decatur, Alabama.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 18, 2022State Fight: Space sector is humming in Huntsville, Alabama

L3Harris Technologies is developing ATLAS applications in a new architecture designed to scale and handle commercial constellation growth, increased debris, anti-satellite tests, and adversarial threats.

CapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Feb 3, 2022Space Force extends L3Harris’ contract to upgrade space tracking system

L3Harris Technologies won a sole-source $53,000,000 contract in 2018 to develop the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) to replace the SPADOC system.

RelationshipsPlanFinancialValue 5.0Feb 3, 2022Space Force extends L3Harris’ contract to upgrade space tracking system

United Launch Alliance and its heritage Atlas and Delta launch vehicles have launched every GOES satellite since GOES-A in 1975.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Feb 2, 2022GOES-T launch preparations underway

After the Atlas Centaur drops off GOES-T in geostationary transfer orbit, the satellite will spend about three weeks moving to geostationary orbit.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0Jan 25, 2022NOAA to move new weather satellite quickly into position