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Atlas V 431

United Launch Alliance · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas V 431 is an expendable launch vehicle built by United Launch Alliance. It stands 59.1 m tall, lifts 15,260 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 11 March 2005. It has flown 3 times with 3 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height59.1 m
Diameter3.8 m
Payload to LEO15,260 kg
Payload to GTO7,700 kg
Maiden flight11 March 2005
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$130M
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 flights3
Successful3
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant431

About Atlas V 431

Atlas V with 4m Fairing, 3 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Atlas V 431 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.

Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi" (Pl. 431) (8723397400)
Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi" (Pl. 431) (8723397400)Cooke, M. C.; Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas V 431 flown?
3 times, with 3 successes and 0 failures.
What is Atlas V 431's success rate?
100.0%. That's 3 successful flights out of 3 attempts.
How much can Atlas V 431 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas V 431 at 15,260 kg to low Earth orbit and 7,700 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Atlas V 431 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas V 431 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.