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List of Atlas launches (2000–2009)

List of Atlas launches
1957–1959 · 1960–1969 · 1970–1979 · 1980–1989 · 1990–1999 · 2000–2009 · 2010–2019 · 2020–2029

Notable missions

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

New Horizons

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

  •   Atlas IIA
  •   Atlas IIAS
  •   Atlas IIIA
  •   Atlas IIIB
  •   Atlas V 401
  •   Atlas V 411
  •   Atlas V 421
  •   Atlas V 431
  •   Atlas V 501
  •   Atlas V 521
  •   Atlas V 531
  •   Atlas V 551

Launch sites

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2000
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
  •   Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
  •   Cape Canaveral SLC-36B
  •   Cape Canaveral SLC-41
  •   Vandenberg SLC-3E

Launch outcomes

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2000
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
  •   Success
  •   Partial failure

Launch history

2000

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AC-138January 21, 2000
01:03		Atlas IIACCAFS SLC-36ADSCS IIIB-81,235 kgGTODoDSuccess [1]
Eleventh DSCS military commucations satellite.
AC-158February 3, 2000
23:30		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36BHispasat 1C3,113 kgGTOHispasatSuccess [2]
Commercial communications satellite.
AC-137May 3, 2000
07:07		Atlas IIACCAFS SLC-36AGOES-L2,217 kgGTONOAA / NASASuccess [3]
Eleventh GOES weather satellite.
AC-201May 24, 2000
23:10		Atlas IIIACCAFS SLC-36BEutelsat W43,190 kgGTOEutelsatSuccess [4]
Commercial communications satellite; maiden flight of Atlas III.
AC-139June 30, 2000
12:56		Atlas IIACCAFS SLC-36ATDRS-H3,192 kgGTONASASuccess [5]
Eighth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite.
AC-161July 14, 2000
05:21		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36BEchostar 63,700 kgGTOEchostarSuccess [6]
Commercial communications satellite; most powerful direct broadcast satellite ever launched.
AC-140October 20, 2000
00:40		Atlas IIACCAFS SLC-36ADSCS III-B11GTODoDSuccess [7]
Twelfth DSCS military commucations satellite.
AC-157December 6, 2000
02:47		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36ANROL-10GTONROLSuccess [8]
Second third-generation SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 13.

2001

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AC-156June 19, 2001
04:41:02		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36BICO F2MEOSuccess [9]
High-speed mobile communications satellite; never used once launched.
AC-142July 23, 2001
07:23		Atlas IIACCAFS SLC-36AGOES-M2,279 kgGTONOAA / NASASuccess [10]
Twelfth GOES weather satellite.
AC-160September 9, 2001
15:25:05		Atlas IIASVAFB SLC-3ENROL-136,500 kgLEONROSuccess [11]
Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 5A and 5B.
AC-162October 11, 2001
02:32		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36BNROL-12GTONROSuccess [12]
Third third-generation SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 14.

2002

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AC-204February 21, 2002
12:43:00		Atlas IIIBCCAFS SLC-36BEchostar 7GTOEchoStarSuccess [13]
Commercial communications satellite.
AC-143March 8, 2002
22:59		Atlas IIACCAFS SLC-36ATDRS-I3,180 kgGTONASASuccess [14]
Ninth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite.
AV-001August 21, 2002
22:05:00		Atlas V 401CCAFS SLC-41Hot Bird 63,905 kgGTOEutelsatSuccess [15]
Commercial communications satellite; first Atlas V launch.
AC-159September 18, 2002
22:04		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36AHispasat 1D3,250 kgGTOHispasatSuccess [16]
Commercial communications satellite.
AC-144December 5, 2002
02:42		Atlas IIACCAFS SLC-36ATDRS-J3,180 kgGTONASASuccess [17]
Tenth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite.

2003

Flight №Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration		Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AC-205April 12, 2003
00:47		Atlas IIIBCCAFS SLC-36BAsiasat 4GTOAsiaSatSuccess [18]
Commercial television satellite.
AV-002May 14, 2003
22:10		Atlas V 401CCAFS SLC-41HellasSat-2GTOHellas SatSuccess [19]
Commercial communications satellite.
AV-003July 17, 2003
23:45		Atlas V 521CCAFS SLC-41Rainbow 1GTOCablevisionSuccess [20]
Direct broadcast satellite; first Atlas V flight with 5-meter fairing.
AC-164December 2, 2003
10:04		Atlas IIASVAFB SLC-3ENROL-186,500 kgLEONROSuccess [21]
Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 6A and 6B.
AC-203December 18, 2003
02:30		Atlas IIIBCCAFS SLC-36BUFO 11GTOUSAFSuccess [22]
Eleventh Ultra High Frequency military communications satellite.

2004

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AC-165February 5, 2004
23:46		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36AAMC-102,315 kgGTOSuccess [23]
Commercial communications satellite.
AC-202March 13, 2004
05:40		Atlas IIIACCAFS SLC-36BMBSAT-1GTOSuccess [24]
Commercial communications satellite.
AC-163April 16, 2004
00:45		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36ASuperbird 63,100 kgGTOSuccess [25]
Commercial communications satellite; transfer orbit was perturbed by the Moon, resulting in an extremely low perigee, permanently damaging the satellite.
AC-166May 19, 2004
22:22		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36BAMC-112,315 kgGTOSuccess [26]
Commercial communications satellite.
AC-167August 31, 2004
23:17		Atlas IIASCCAFS SLC-36ANROL-1MolniyaSuccess [27]
Fourth third-generation SDS military communications satellite.
AV-005December 17, 2004
12:07:00		Atlas V 521CCAFS SLC-41AMC-164,065 kgGTOSuccess [28]
Commercial communications satellite.

2005

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AC-206February 3, 2005
07:41		Atlas IIIBCCAFS SLC-36BNROL-236,500 kgLEOSuccess [29]
Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 7A and 7B. Final Atlas III launch, final launch of a direct evolution of the Atlas missile, and final launch from LC-36 before Blue Origin leasing the pad.
AV-004March 11, 2005
21:42		Atlas V 431CCAFS SLC-41Inmarsat-4 F15,959 kgGTOSuccess [30]
Commercial mobile communications satellite.
AV-007August 12, 2005
11:43:00		Atlas V 401CCAFS SLC-41MRO2,180 kgHeliocentricNASASuccess [31]
NASA Mars imaging probe. First interplanetary Atlas V launch.

2006

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AV-01019 January 2006,
19:00:00		Atlas V 551/Star-48BCCAFS SLC-41New Horizons478 kgGalactocentricNASASuccess [32]
NASA Pluto/Kuiper Belt exploration probe; first spacecraft ever directly launched on an interstellar trajectory; first Atlas V 551.
AV-00820 April 2006,
20:27:00		Atlas V 411CCAFS SLC-41Astra 1KR4332 kgGTOSESSuccess [33]
Commercial communications satellite; final Atlas launch for ILS.

2007

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AV-013March 9, 2007
03:10		Atlas V 401CCAFS SLC-41STP-1LEOUSAFSuccess [34]
USAF rideshare mission; included Orbital Express, MidSTAR-1, FalconSAT-3 and CFESat.
AV-009June 15, 2007
15:11		Atlas V 401CCAFS SLC-41NROL-306,500 kgLEOUSAFPartial failure [35]
Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; Centaur upper stage shut down early, leaving the payload in a suboptimal orbit.
AV-011October 11, 2007
00:22		Atlas V 421CCAFS SLC-41WGS-15,987 kgGTOUSAFSuccess [36]
First Wideband Global SATCOM military communications satellite; first Atlas V 421.
AV-015December 10, 2007
22:05		Atlas V 401CCAFS SLC-41NROL-24MolniyaNROSuccess [37]
Fifth SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 16.

2008

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AV-006March 13, 2008
10:02		Atlas V 411VAFB SLC-3ENROL-283,900 kgMolniyaUS NROSuccess [38]
Fifth Trumpet SIGINT satellite.
AV-014April 14, 2008
20:12:00		Atlas V 421CCAFS SLC-41ICO G16,634 kgGTOICOSuccess [39]
Commercial communications satellite; heaviest commercial satellite ever launched at the time.

2009

Flight №Date / time (UTC)RocketLaunch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
AV-016April 4, 2009
00:31		Atlas V 421CCAFS SLC-41WGS-25,987 kgGTOUSAFSuccess [40]
Second Wideband Global SATCOM military communications satellite.
AV-020June 18, 2009, 17:32Atlas V 401CCAFS SLC-41LRO/LCROSSTLISuccess [41]
NASA Lunar imager and spectroscopy spacecraft; Centaur upper stage was used as a lunar impactor to provide data for LCROSS.
AV-018September 8, 2009, 21:35Atlas V 401CCAFS SLC-41Palladium At NightGTONROSuccess [42]
Classified SIGINT communications interception satellite; also known as Nemesis 1.
AV-017October 18, 2009, 16:12 [43]Atlas V 401VAFB SLC-3EDMSP-5D3 F181,200 kgSSOSuccess[44]
Eighteenth DMSP military weather satellite.
AV-024November 23, 2009, 06:55Atlas V 431CCAFS SLC-41Intelsat 145,663 kgGTOSuccess [45]
Commercial communications satellite; hosts DoD IRIS secondary payload.

Photo gallery

  • First launch of the Atlas IIIA, carrying Eutelsat 36A
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches on an Atlas V 401
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches on an Atlas V 401
  • New Horizons launches on an Atlas V 551

References

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