Rocket file · LV-253
Atlas II
Atlas II is an expendable launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It stands 47.5 m tall, lifts 6,580 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 7 December 1991. It has flown 10 times with 10 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About Atlas II
Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Atlas II is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesAtlas II in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Atlas II flown?
- 10 times, with 10 successes and 0 failures.
- What is Atlas II's success rate?
- 100.0%. That's 10 successful flights out of 10 attempts.
- How much can Atlas II lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 lists Atlas II at 6,580 kg to low Earth orbit and 2,810 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
- Is Atlas II reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas II as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.