List of Atlas launches (2000–2009)

Contents
Date/Time
(UTC)		 Rocket S/N Launch Site Payload Function Orbit Outcome Remarks

2000
2000-01-21
01:03		 Atlas IIA AC-138 CCAFS SLC-36A USA-148 (DSCS IIIB-8) Comsat GTO Success
2000-02-03
23:30		 Atlas IIAS AC-158 CCAFS SLC-36B Hispasat 1C Comsat GTO Success
2000-05-03
07:07		 Atlas IIA AC-137 CCAFS SLC-36A GOES-11 (GOES-L) Weather satellite GTO Success
2000-05-24
23:10		 Atlas IIIA AC-201 CCAFS SLC-36B Eutelsat W4 Comsat GTO Success Maiden flight of Atlas III
2000-06-30
12:56		 Atlas IIA AC-139 CCAFS SLC-36A TDRS-8 (TDRS-H) Comsat GTO Success
2000-07-14
05:21		 Atlas IIAS AC-161 CCAFS SLC-36B Echostar 6 Comsat GTO Success
2000-10-20
00:40		 Atlas IIA AC-140 CCAFS SLC-36A USA-153 (DSCS IIIB-11) Comsat GTO Success
2000-12-06
02:47		 Atlas IIAS AC-157 CCAFS SLC-36A USA-155 (NROL-10/SDS-13) Comsat Success "Great Bear"

2001
2001-06-19
04:41:02		 Atlas IIAS AC-156 CCAFS SLC-36B ICO F2 Comsat MEO Success
2001-07-23
07:23		 Atlas IIA AC-142 CCAFS SLC-36A GOES-12 (GOES-M) Weather satellite GTO Success
2001-09-08
15:25:05		 Atlas IIAS AC-160 VAFB SLC-3E USA-160 (NROL-13/NOSS-14) ELINT LEO Success "Gemini"
2001-10-11
02:32		 Atlas IIAS AC-162 CCAFS SLC-36B USA-162 (NROL-12/SDS-14) Comsat Success "Aquila"

2002
2002-02-21
12:43:00		 Atlas IIIB AC-204 CCAFS SLC-36B Echostar 7 Comsat GTO Success
2002-03-08
22:59		 Atlas IIA AC-143 CCAFS SLC-36A TDRS-9 (TDRS-I) Comsat GTO Success
2002-08-21
22:05:00		 Atlas V 401 AV-001 CCAFS SLC-41 Hot Bird 6 Commercial comsat GTO Success First Atlas V launch
2002-11-18
22:04		 Atlas IIAS AC-159 CCAFS SLC-36A Hispasat 1D Comsat GTO Success
2002-12-05
02:42		 Atlas IIA AC-144 CCAFS SLC-36A TDRS-10 (TDRS-J) Comsat GTO Success Final Atlas IIA Launch

2003
2003-04-12
00:47		 Atlas IIIB AC-205 CCAFS SLC-36B Asiasat 4 Comsat GTO Success
2003-05-14
22:10		 Atlas V 401 AV-002 CCAFS SLC-41 HellasSat-2 Commercial comsat GTO Success
2003-07-17
23:45		 Atlas V 521 AV-003 CCAFS SLC-41 Rainbow 1 Commercial comsat GTO Success First Atlas V 500 launch
2003-12-02
10:04		 Atlas IIAS AC-164 VAFB SLC-3E USA-173 (NROL-18/NOSS-15) ELINT LEO Success "Libra"
2003-12-18
02:30		 Atlas IIIB AC-203 CCAFS SLC-36B USA-174 (UHF F-11) Comsat GTO Success

2004
2004-02-05
23:46		 Atlas IIAS AC-165 CCAFS SLC-36A AMC-10 Comsat GTO Success
2004-03-13
05:40		 Atlas IIIA AC-202 CCAFS SLC-36B MBSAT-1 Comsat GTO Success
2004-04-16
00:45		 Atlas IIAS AC-163 CCAFS SLC-36A Superbird 6 Comsat GTO Success
2004-05-19
22:22		 Atlas IIAS AC-166 CCAFS SLC-36B AMC-11 Comsat GTO Success
2004-08-31
23:17		 Atlas IIAS AC-167 CCAFS SLC-36A USA-179 (NROL-1/SDS-15) Comsat Success "Nemesis", final flight of Atlas II
2004-12-17
12:07:00		 Atlas V 521 AV-005 CCAFS SLC-41 AMC-16 Commercial comsat GTO Success

2005
2005-02-03
07:41		 Atlas IIIB AC-206 CCAFS SLC-36B USA-181 (NROL-23/NOSS-16) ELINT LEO Success "Canis Minor", final flight of Atlas III
2005-03-11
21:42		 Atlas V 431 AV-004 CCAFS SLC-41 Inmarsat-4 F1 Commercial comsat GTO Success First Atlas V 431
2005-08-12
11:43:00		 Atlas V 401 AV-007 CCAFS SLC-41 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mars orbiter Heliocentric Success First Atlas V launch for NASA

2006
2006-01-19
19:00:00		 Atlas V 551/Star-48B AV-010 CCAFS SLC-41 New Horizons Pluto and Kuiper Belt probe Escape Success First 551 & Atlas V with third stage
2006-04-20
20:27:00		 Atlas V 411 AV-008 CCAFS SLC-41 Astra 1KR Commercial comsat GTO Success First 411, final Atlas launch for ILS

2007
2007-03-09
03:10		 Atlas V 401 AV-013 CCAFS SLC-41 STP-1, FalconSAT-3, etc 6 military research satellites LEO Success First Atlas launch for United Launch Alliance
2007-06-15
15:11		 Atlas V 401 AV-009 CCAFS SLC-41 NROL-30R (NOSS-4-3 (x2)) 2 NRO Reconnaissance satellites LEO Partial Failure First Atlas V flight for the NRO. Premature cutoff of Centaur upper stage.
2007-10-11
00:22		 Atlas V 421 AV-011 CCAFS SLC-41 WGS-1 Military comsat GTO Success First Atlas V 421
2007-12-10
22:05		 Atlas V 401 AV-015 CCAFS SLC-41 NROL-24 Reconnaissance satellite Molniya Success

2008
2008-03-13
10:02		 Atlas V 411 AV-006 VAFB SLC-3E NROL-28 Reconnaissance satellite Molniya Success First Atlas V launch from Vandenberg
2008-04-14
20:12:00		 Atlas V 421 AV-014 CCAFS SLC-41 ICO G1 Commercial comsat GTO Success
  • First ULA launch with customer not involving the U.S. government (commercial customer launch on behalf of Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services)
  • Heaviest payload to be launched by an Atlas rocket (6,634 kg (14,630 lb))
  • Largest comsat in the world at time of launch until the launch of TerreStar-1 in 2009 (6,910 kg (15,200 lb))

2009
2009-04-04
00:31		 Atlas V 421 AV-016 CCAFS SLC-41 WGS-2 Military comsat GTO Success
2009-06-18, 17:32 UTC[1] Atlas V 401 AV-020 [2] CCAFS SLC-41 LRO/LCROSS Lunar exploration HEO Success First Centaur to impact on the Moon.
2009-09-08, 21:35 UTC[2] Atlas V 401 AV-018 [2] CCAFS SLC-41 PAN Military comsat[3] GTO[3] Success
2009-10-18, 16:12 UTC[2][4] Atlas V 401 AV-017[2] VAFB SLC-3E DMSP-5D3 F18 Military weather satellite LEO/S Success[5] 600th Atlas launch[6]
2009-11-23, 06:55 UTC[2] Atlas V 431 AV-024 CCAFS SLC-41 Intelsat 14 Commercial comsat GTO Success[7]

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References

  1. ^ "Launch Schedule - NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Spaceflight Now - Tracking Station - Worldwide launch schedule". http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. Retrieved 2008-09-12. 
  3. ^ a b "Clues about mystery payload emerge soon after launch". Spaceflight Now. September 8, 2009. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av018/. 
  4. ^ Schaub, Michael B.. "Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC/Honeywell TSI. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php. Retrieved 2008-09-12. 
  5. ^ "U.S. military's new weather satellite gets foggy sendoff". Spaceflight Now. October 18, 2009. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av017/. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
  6. ^ http://www.ilslaunch.com/news78
  7. ^ http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av024/status.html
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