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Atlas IIAS

Lockheed Martin · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas IIAS 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 16 December 1993. It has flown 30 times with 30 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height47.5 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO6,580 kg
Payload to GTO2,810 kg
Maiden flight16 December 1993
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

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

ON RECORD
Total flights30
Successful30
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantIIAS

About Atlas IIAS

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

EMPTY

Atlas IIAS is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas IIAS flown?
30 times, with 30 successes and 0 failures.
What is Atlas IIAS's success rate?
100.0%. That's 30 successful flights out of 30 attempts.
How much can Atlas IIAS lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas IIAS at 6,580 kg to low Earth orbit and 2,810 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Atlas IIAS reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas IIAS as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.