Rocket file · LV-183
Atlas LV-3 Agena B
Photograph: NASA · NASA Image and Media Guidelines · licence
Atlas LV-3 Agena B is an expendable launch vehicle built by United States Air Force. It stands 20.3 m tall, first flew on 31 January 1961. It has flown 29 times with 21 successes, a success rate of 72.4%. 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 Agena B
The Atlas LV-3A was a largely unsuccessful configuration until it was given an Agena B upper stage. It was responsible for the launch of Mariner II to Venus and had one of the first engines that could be restarted in orbit.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Atlas Agena B is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesAtlas LV-3 Agena B in the archive
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.
Orbitburn is a gravity lander game with 25 ships. It's free on Android, and you can play it in your browser.Get it free on Google Play
Common questions
- How many times has Atlas LV-3 Agena B flown?
- 29 times, with 21 successes and 8 failures.
- What is Atlas LV-3 Agena B's success rate?
- 72.4%. That's 21 successful flights out of 29 attempts.
- How much can Atlas LV-3 Agena B lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Atlas LV-3 Agena B.
- Is Atlas LV-3 Agena B reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas LV-3 Agena B as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.