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Atlas V 541

United Launch Alliance · Atlas · RETIRED

Atlas V 541 is an expendable launch vehicle built by United Launch Alliance. It stands 60.0 m tall, lifts 17,410 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 26 November 2011. It has flown 9 times with 9 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height60.0 m
Diameter3.8 m
Payload to LEO17,410 kg
Payload to GTO8,290 kg
Maiden flight26 November 2011
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$145M
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 flights9
Successful9
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant541

About Atlas V 541

Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 4 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Atlas V 541 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.

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas V 541 flown?
9 times, with 9 successes and 0 failures.
What is Atlas V 541's success rate?
100.0%. That's 9 successful flights out of 9 attempts.
How much can Atlas V 541 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas V 541 at 17,410 kg to low Earth orbit and 8,290 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Atlas V 541 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas V 541 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.