Engineering:List of Atlas launches (2020–2029)

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Notable missions

Solar Orbiter

Main page: Astronomy:Solar Orbiter

Mars 2020

Main page: Astronomy:Mars 2020

Landsat 9

Main page: Engineering:Landsat 9

Lucy

Main page: Engineering:Lucy (spacecraft)

Launch statistics

Launch sites

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Launch outcomes

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Rocket configurations

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Launch history

2020

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch
outcome
AV-087 10 February 2020,
04:03
Atlas V 411 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , SLC-41 Solar Orbiter 1800 kg Heliocentric ESA Success[1]
ESA/NASA Heliophysics probe
AV-086 26 March 2020,
20:18
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 USA-298 (AEHF-6, TDO-2) 6168 kg GTO US Space Force Success[2]
Sixth and final Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite
AV-081 17 May 2020,
13:14
Atlas V 501 CCSFS, SLC-41 USA-299 (USSF-7 (X-37B OTV-6, FalconSat-8)) 5000 kg ? LEO United States Space Force Success[3]
Sixth flight of the X-37B military spaceplane; first with a service module, plus FalconSat-8 satellite.
AV-088 30 July 2020,
11:50
Atlas V 541 CCSFS, SLC-41 Mars 2020 (inc Perseverance, Ingenuity) 3839 kg Heliocentric NASA Success[4]
Spacecraft for NASA's Mars 2020 mission.
AV-090 13 November 2020,
22:32
Atlas V 531 CCSFS, SLC-41 USA-310 (NROL-101) Classified MEO 11033 x 11068 km x 58.5° NRO Success[5]
Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload, first Atlas launch with updated GEM-63 strap-on solid rocket boosters. Originally thought to be a Molniya mission. Later sightings instead pointed towards a MEO mission. Likely an experimental payload.

2021

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch
outcome
AV-091 18 May 2021,
17:37
Atlas V 421 CCSFS, SLC-41 USA 315 (SBIRS GEO-5) ~ 4500 kg[6] GTO United States Space Force Success[7]
Fifth Space-Based Infrared System Geostationary satellite.
AV-092 27 September 2021,
18:12
Atlas V 401 VSFB, SLC-3E Landsat 9
L9EFS
2711 kg[8]
510 kg
SSO NASA / USGS Success[9]
Eighth Landsat geological survey satellite in orbit. Additionally launched the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Landsat-9 ESPA Flight System (L9EFS) which delivered several additional cubesats to orbit as a result of a cooperative engagement between NASA and U.S. Space Force to increase access to space for small satellite systems.[10]
AV-096 16 October 2021,
09:34
Atlas V 401 CCSFS, SLC-41 Lucy 1550 kg Heliocentric NASA Success[11]
NASA mission to explore six Jupiter trojan asteroids.[12] Final interplanetary mission launched by the Atlas rocket family.
AV-093 7 December 2021,
10:19
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 STP-3 (STPSat-6 & LDPE-1) Unknown GEO United States Space Force Success[13]
The primary payload is the STPSat-6 satellite carrying SABRS-3, NASA's LCRD, and seven Defense Department Space Experiments Review Board space weather and situational awareness payloads. Alongside STPSat-6 was an integrated propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (IP-ESPA) holding up to six payloads.[14] The STP-3 mission also debuted three engineering features designed to reduce risk and accumulate flight experience before use on Vulcan Centaur: an Out-of-Autoclave (OoA) payload fairings, an in-flight power system and GPS enhanced navigation.[15] The launch was delayed multiple times, first in January due to the launch readiness of the STPSat-6 satellite,[16] in June due to some ringing of the RL10-C's new carbon nozzle extension observed during the SBIRS GEO-5 mission,[17] and in November due to a space vehicle processing issue.[18]

2022

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch
outcome
AV-084 21 January 2022,
19:00
Atlas V 511 CCSFS, SLC-41 USSF-8 (GSSAP 5 & 6) Classified GEO United States Space Force Success[19]
USSF-8 launched two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness satellites, GSSAP-5 and 6, directly to a geosynchronous orbit.[20] First and only flight of 511 configuration.
AV-095 1 March 2022,
21:38
Atlas V 541 CCSFS, SLC-41 GOES-T 5200 kg GTO NOAA Success[21]
GOES meteorological satellite. GOES-T, which will be renamed GOES-18 once it reaches geostationary orbit, will replace GOES-17 as NOAA's operational GOES West satellite.[22]
AV-082 19 May 2022
22:54
Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2 ~13000 kg LEO to ISS Boeing Success[23]
Atlas V releases the Starliner spacecraft on a transatmospheric orbit[24] with apogee of 181 km and a perigee of 72 km.[25] Starliner used its own engines to enter low Earth orbit and make its way to the International Space Station.
AV-094 1 July 2022
23:15
Atlas V 541 CCSFS, SLC-41 USSF-12 (WFOV & USSF-12 Ring) Classified GEO United States Space Force Success[26]
Rideshare mission consisting of 2 spacecraft. The forward payload was the Wide-field of View (WFOV) testbed that informs the Next Gen Overhead Persistent Infrared program (NG-OPIR) which will replace the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS). The aft payload was a propulsive ESPA named the USSF-12 Ring, which is a classified mission for the Department of Defence. 100th flight of an RD-180 engine.
AV-097 4 August 2022,
10:29
Atlas V 421 CCSFS, SLC-41 USA-336 (SBIRS GEO-6) ~ 4500 kg[27] GTO United States Space Force Success[28]
Sixth and final Space-Based Infrared System Geostationary satellite. Final flight of an Atlas V with 4-meter fairing from Cape Canaveral.
AV-099 4 October 2022
21:36
Atlas V 531 CCSFS, SLC-41 SES-20 & SES-21 ~ 3300 kg GEO SES Success[29]
Boeing built communication satellites. Satellites launched on a dual stack configuration. SES-20 will be located as an in-orbit spare at 103° West, while SES-21 will be operated at 131° West.[30]
AV-098 10 November 2022
09:49
Atlas V 401 VSFB, SLC-3E JPSS-2 (NOAA-21) & LOFTID 4154 kg SSO NOAA Success[31]
Second JPSS weather satellite; joint NASA/ULA inflatable heat shield demonstrator (LOFTID).[32] Last launch of an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Final flight of an Atlas V with a 4-meter fairing. 100th use of Single Engine Centaur.

2023

Flight No. Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch
outcome
AV-102 10 September 2023,
12:47
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 USA-246, USA-247 & USA-248
(NROL-107, Silentbarker)[33]
Classified GEO NRO Success[34]
Classified NRO payload. Final NRO launch on an Atlas V.
AV-104 6 October 2023,
18:06
Atlas V 501 CCSFS, SLC-41 KuiperSat-1 & KuiperSat-2 Unknown LEO Kuiper Systems Success[35]
Project Kuiper Protoflight mission, carrying two demonstrator satellites. This is the Final Atlas V 501.

Future launches

In August 2021, ULA announced that Atlas V would be retired, and all 29 remaining launches had been sold.[36] (As of October 2023), 17 launches remain, all of which are listed here: 7 Starliner missions, 8 launches for Kuiper, and 2 other launches.

2024 and later

Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration
Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
March 2024[37] Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 USSF-51 TBA United States Space Force
First launch for United Launch Alliance under National Security Space Launch. Launch vehicle transferred from Vulcan Centaur to Atlas V.
14 April 2024[38] Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Crewed Flight Test LEO to ISS Boeing
Crewed flight test of the Starliner spacecraft to the ISS. Will carry Sunita Williams and Barry E. Wilmore along with it.
June 2024[39] Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 ViaSat-3 EMEA GTO ViaSat
First commercial contract directly signed with ULA.[40] Communications satellite.
2024–2029[41][42][43] Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Satellite internet constellation. Remaining 8 of the 9 Atlas V launches from a period of 2024–2029.
2025–2030[44] Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner-1 LEO to ISS Boeing
Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner-2 LEO to ISS Boeing
Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner-3 LEO to ISS Boeing
Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner-4 LEO to ISS Boeing
Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner-5 LEO to ISS Boeing
Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner-6 LEO to ISS Boeing
One operational Boeing Starliner mission per year will ferry four astronauts to ISS.

See also

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