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Atlas IIIA

Lockheed Martin · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas IIIA is an expendable launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It stands 52.8 m tall, lifts 8,640 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 24 May 2000. It has flown 2 times with 2 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height52.8 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO8,640 kg
Payload to GTO4,055 kg
Maiden flight24 May 2000
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 flights2
Successful2
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantIIIA

About Atlas IIIA

American orbital launch vehicle used between 2000 and 2005.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Atlas IIIA is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Atlas EELV family
Atlas EELV familyWikimedia Commons ↗
Atlas evolution
Atlas evolutionWikimedia Commons ↗
Atlas III Centaur
Atlas III CentaurU.S. Air Force · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas IIIA flown?
2 times, with 2 successes and 0 failures.
What is Atlas IIIA's success rate?
100.0%. That's 2 successful flights out of 2 attempts.
How much can Atlas IIIA lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas IIIA at 8,640 kg to low Earth orbit and 4,055 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Atlas IIIA reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas IIIA as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.