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Atlas V N22

United Launch Alliance · Atlas · IN SERVICE

Atlas V N22 is an expendable launch vehicle built by United Launch Alliance. It stands 58.0 m tall, lifts 13,034 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 20 December 2019. It has flown 3 times with 3 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. Its next flight is Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1 for United Launch Alliance, no earlier than January 14, 2027.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height58.0 m
Diameter3.8 m
Payload to LEO13,034 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight20 December 2019
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$110M
StatusIN SERVICE

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
Scheduled6
VariantV N22

About Atlas V N22

The Atlas V N22 is a crew rated variant of the Atlas V 422 - it sports two solid motor strap on boosters with two liquid fueled stages. It will be primarly used to support NASA's Commercial Crew program by taking the CST-100 to orbit.

Upcoming flights

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 EELV family
Atlas EELV familyWikimedia Commons ↗
Atlas V(401) launches with LRO and LCROSS cropped
Atlas V(401) launches with LRO and LCROSS croppedNASA/Tom Farrar, Kevin O'Connell · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Atlas V 4 Meter Fairing Cutaway
Atlas V 4 Meter Fairing CutawayFac-tory-o · CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Atlas V N22 flown?
3 times, with 3 successes and 0 failures. Another 6 flights are scheduled.
What is Atlas V N22's success rate?
100.0%. That's 3 successful flights out of 3 attempts.
When is the next Atlas V N22 launch?
Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1, flown by United Launch Alliance. It's set for no earlier than January 14, 2027 from Space Launch Complex 41.
How much can Atlas V N22 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Atlas V N22 at 13,034 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Atlas V N22 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Atlas V N22 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.