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Rocket file · LV-234

Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2

Convair · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Convair. It stands 21.0 m tall, lifts 800 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 16 August 1968. It has flown 2 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 50.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height21.0 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO800 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight16 August 1968
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
Successful1
Failed1
Success rate50.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantBurner-2

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Atlas Burner 2 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 SLV-3
Atlas SLV-3USAF · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2 flown?
2 times, with 1 successes and 1 failures.
What is Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2's success rate?
50.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 2 attempts.
How much can Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2 at 800 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.