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Atlas II

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
47.54 m
Diameter
3.04 m
Mass
204,000 kg
Stages
3
Payload to LEO
6,580 kg
Payload to GTO
2,810 kg
First flight
1991-12-07
Total launches
10
Success / Fail
10 / 0

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.

Payloads it launched · 10

UFO 8 (USA 138)
GEO
UFO 7 (USA 127)
GEO
UFO 6 (USA 114)
GEO
UFO 5 (USA 111)
GEO
UFO 4 (USA 108)
GEO
USA 97
GEO
USA 93
GEO
USA 82
GEO
USA 78
GEO
EUTELSAT 2-F3
GEO