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Atlas V 521

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Specifications

Status
active
Height
58.3 m
Diameter
3.81 m
Mass
590,000 kg
Stages
2
Thrust
7,203 kN
Payload to LEO
13,490 kg
Payload to GTO
6,475 kg
First flight
2003-07-17
Total launches
2
Success / Fail
2 / 0

Atlas V is the fifth major version in the Atlas rocket family. It is an expendable launch system originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed and Boeing.

Propulsion

Boosters

GEM 631,663 kN
solid (HTPB) · solid
Northrop GrummanIsp 279s (vac)since 20200–5 strap-ons

First stage

RD-1803,830 kN
RP-1 / LOX · staged-combustion
NPO EnergomashIsp 338s (vac)since 2000

Second stage

RL10110 kN
LH2 / LOX · expander
Aerojet RocketdyneIsp 451s (vac)since 1963Centaur

Payloads it launched

2 loaded
AMC-16
GEO
ECHOSTAR 12 (RAINBOW 1)
GEO