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Atlas V 401

United Launch Alliance · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas V 401 is an expendable launch vehicle built by United Launch Alliance. It stands 58.3 m tall, lifts 9,050 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 21 August 2002. It has flown 41 times with 41 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height58.3 m
Diameter3.8 m
Payload to LEO9,050 kg
Payload to GTO4,950 kg
Maiden flight21 August 2002
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$115M
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 flights41
Successful41
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant401

About Atlas V 401

An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Atlas V 401 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.

Artist's Concept of the Atlas V-401 Rocket
Artist's Concept of the Atlas V-401 RocketNASA / JPL · public domainNASA ↗
Lucy Rollout and Lift & Mate
Lucy Rollout and Lift & MateNASA / KSC · public domainNASA ↗
Lucy Rollout and Lift & Mate
Lucy Rollout and Lift & MateNASA / KSC · public domainNASA ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas V 401 flown?
41 times, with 41 successes and 0 failures.
What is Atlas V 401's success rate?
100.0%. That's 41 successful flights out of 41 attempts.
How much can Atlas V 401 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas V 401 at 9,050 kg to low Earth orbit and 4,950 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Atlas V 401 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas V 401 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.