List of Atlas launches (2020–2029)

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

Notable missions[]

Solar Orbiter[]

Main article: Solar Orbiter

Mars 2020[]

Main article: Mars 2020

Landsat 9[]

Main article: Landsat 9

Lucy[]

Main article: Lucy (spacecraft)

Launch statistics[]

Launch sites[]

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  •   Cape Canaveral SLC-41
  •   Vandenberg SLC-3E

Launch outcomes[]

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  •   Failure
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
  •   Planned

Rocket configurations[]

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  •   Atlas V 401
  •   Atlas V 411
  •   Atlas V 421
  •   Atlas V 431
  •   Atlas V 501
  •   Atlas V 511
  •   Atlas V 531
  •   Atlas V 541
  •   Atlas V 551
  •   Atlas V N22

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 CCAFS, SLC-41 Solar Orbiter 1800 kg Heliocentric ESA Success[1]
ESA/NASA Heliophysics probe
AV-086 26 March 2020,
20:18 		Atlas V 551 CCAFS, SLC-41 (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 CCAFS, 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 CCAFS, 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 CCAFS, SLC-41 (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 CCAFS, 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 2711 kg[8] SSO NASA / USGS Success[9]
Eighth Landsat geological survey satellite in orbit.
AV-096 16 October 2021,
09:34 		Atlas V 401 CCAFS, SLC-41 Lucy 1550 kg heliocentric NASA Success[10]
NASA mission to explore six Jupiter trojan asteroids.[11] Final interplanetary mission launched by the Atlas rocket family.
AV-093 7 December 2021,
10:19 		Atlas V 551 CCAFS, SLC-41 STP-3 (STPSat-6, LDPE-1) Unknown GEO United States Space Force Success[12]
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 will be an integrated propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (IP-ESPA) holding up to six payloads.[13] The STP-3 mission will also debut three engineering features designed to reduce risk and accumulate flight experience before use on Vulcan Centaur, these include Out-of-Autoclave (OoA) payload fairings, an in-flight power system and GPS enhanced navigation.[14] The launch has been delayed multiple times, first in January due to the launch readiness of the STPSat-6 satellite,[15] in June because of some ringing of the RL10-C's new carbon nozzle extension observed during the SBIRS GEO-5 mission,[16] and in November because of a space vehicle processing issue.[17]

Future launches[]

2022[]

Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
21 January 2022
19:00[18][19] 		Atlas V 511 CCSFS, SLC-41 USSF-8[20] GEO United States Space Force
USSF-8 will launch two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness satellites, GSSAP-5 and 6, directly to a geosynchronous orbit.[21] First and only flight of 511 configuration.
February 2022[22][23] Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 USSF-12 GEO United States Space Force
Wide-field of View (WFOV) early warning satellite.[24][25]
1 March 2022
21:38[26] 		Atlas V 541 CCSFS, SLC-41 GOES-T[27] GTO NOAA
Eighteenth 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.[28]
March 2022[29] Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 SILENTBARKER / NROL-107[30] GEO NRO
Classified NRO payload.
May 2022[31][32] Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2 LEO to ISS Boeing
Atlas V releases the Starliner spacecraft on a transatmospheric orbit[33] with apogee of 181 km and a perigee of 72 km.[34] Starliner will utilize its own engines to enter low Earth orbit and make its way to the International Space Station.
H1 2022[35] Atlas V 421 CCSFS, SLC-41 SBIRS GEO-6[30] GTO United States Space Force
Sixth and final Space-Based Infrared System Geostationary satellite.
30 September 2022[36] Atlas V 401 VSFB, SLC-3E JPSS-2 / LOFTID Demonstrator SSO NOAA
Second JPSS weather satellite; joint NASA/ULA inflatable heat shield demonstrator (LOFTID).[37] Last launch of an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Q3 2022[38] Atlas V 531 CCSFS, SLC-41 SES-20 / SES-21 GEO SES S.A.
Communication satellites. Satellites will launch on a dual stack configuration.
Q4 2022[39] Atlas V TBA 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.
2022[40][41] Atlas V 551 CCSFS, SLC-41 ViaSat-3 APAC GTO ViaSat
First commercial contract ULA has directly signed.[41] Communications satellite.
2022[42] Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Crewed Flight Test LEO to ISS NASA
Crewed flight test of the Starliner spacecraft to the ISS.

2023[]

Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
NET March 2023[43][42] Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner LEO to ISS NASA
Boeing Starliner-1, first operational Starliner mission; will ferry four astronauts to ISS.
NET 2023[42] Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner LEO to ISS NASA
, second operational Starliner mission.
2023–2029[44][45] Atlas V TBA CCSFS, SLC-41 Project Kuiper LEO Kuiper Systems
Satellite internet constellation. Order of 9 Atlas V launches from a period of 2023–2029.

2024[]

Date / time (UTC) Rocket,
Configuration 		Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
NET 2024[42] Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner LEO to ISS NASA
, third operational Starliner mission.
NET 2024[42] Atlas V N22 CCSFS, SLC-41 Boeing Starliner LEO to ISS NASA
, fourth operational Starliner mission.

See also[]

References[]

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