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Specifications
- Status
- active
- Height
- 58 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Payload to LEO
- 13,034 kg
- First flight
- 2019-12-20
- Total launches
- 3
- Success / Fail
- 3 / 0
Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas launch vehicle family. It was developed by Lockheed Martin and has been operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA) since 2006. Primarily used to launch payloads for the United States Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial customers, Atlas V is the longest-serving active rocket in the United States.
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
3 loaded