List of Atlas launches (2000–2009)

Main article: List of Atlas launches

List of Atlas launches
1957–1959 · 1960–1969 · 1970–1979 · 1980–1989 · 1990–1999 · 2000–2009 · 2010–2019 · 2020–2029

Notable missions

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

Main article: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

New Horizons

Main article: New Horizons

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Main article: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

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•   Atlas IIA
•   Atlas IIAS
•   Atlas IIIA
•   Atlas IIIB
•   Atlas V 401
•   Atlas V 411
•   Atlas V 421
•   Atlas V 431
•   Atlas V 501
•   Atlas V 521
•   Atlas V 531
•   Atlas V 551

Launch sites

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•   Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
•   Cape Canaveral SLC-36B
•   Cape Canaveral SLC-41
•   Vandenberg SLC-3E

Launch outcomes

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•   Success
•   Partial failure

Launch history

2000
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AC-138	January 21, 2000 01:03	Atlas IIA	CCAFS SLC-36A	DSCS IIIB-8	1,235 kg	GTO	DoD	Success [1]
	Eleventh DSCS military communications satellite.
AC-158	February 3, 2000 23:30	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36B	Hispasat 1C	3,113 kg	GTO	Hispasat	Success [2]
	Commercial communications satellite.
AC-137	May 3, 2000 07:07	Atlas IIA	CCAFS SLC-36A	GOES-L	2,217 kg	GTO	NOAA / NASA	Success [3]
	Eleventh GOES weather satellite.
AC-201	May 24, 2000 23:10	Atlas IIIA	CCAFS SLC-36B	Eutelsat W4	3,190 kg	GTO	Eutelsat	Success [4]
	Commercial communications satellite; maiden flight of Atlas III.
AC-139	June 30, 2000 12:56	Atlas IIA	CCAFS SLC-36A	TDRS-H	3,192 kg	GTO	NASA	Success [5]
	Eighth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite.
AC-161	July 14, 2000 05:21	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36B	Echostar 6	3,700 kg	GTO	Echostar	Success [6]
	Commercial communications satellite; most powerful direct broadcast satellite ever launched.
AC-140	October 20, 2000 00:40	Atlas IIA	CCAFS SLC-36A	DSCS III-B11		GTO	DoD	Success [7]
	Twelfth DSCS military communications satellite.
AC-157	December 6, 2000 02:47	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36A	NROL-10		GTO	NROL	Success [8]
	Second third-generation SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 13.
2001
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AC-156	June 19, 2001 04:41:02	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36B	ICO F2		MEO		Success [9]
	High-speed mobile communications satellite; never used once launched.
AC-142	July 23, 2001 07:23	Atlas IIA	CCAFS SLC-36A	GOES-M	2,279 kg	GTO	NOAA / NASA	Success [10]
	Twelfth GOES weather satellite.
AC-160	September 9, 2001 15:25:05	Atlas IIAS	VAFB SLC-3E	NROL-13	6,500 kg	LEO	NRO	Success [11]
	Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 5A and 5B.
AC-162	October 11, 2001 02:32	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36B	NROL-12		GTO	NRO	Success [12]
	Third third-generation SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 14.
2002
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AC-204	February 21, 2002 12:43:00	Atlas IIIB	CCAFS SLC-36B	Echostar 7		GTO	EchoStar	Success [13]
	Commercial communications satellite.
AC-143	March 8, 2002 22:59	Atlas IIA	CCAFS SLC-36A	TDRS-I	3,180 kg	GTO	NASA	Success [14]
	Ninth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite.
AV-001	August 21, 2002 22:05:00	Atlas V 401	CCAFS SLC-41	Hot Bird 6	3,905 kg	GTO	Eutelsat	Success [15]
	Commercial communications satellite; first Atlas V launch.
AC-159	September 18, 2002 22:04	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36A	Hispasat 1D	3,250 kg	GTO	Hispasat	Success [16]
	Commercial communications satellite.
AC-144	December 5, 2002 02:42	Atlas IIA	CCAFS SLC-36A	TDRS-J	3,180 kg	GTO	NASA	Success [17]
	Tenth NASA Tracking Data Relay Satellite.
2003
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AC-205	April 12, 2003 00:47	Atlas IIIB	CCAFS SLC-36B	Asiasat 4		GTO	AsiaSat	Success [18]
	Commercial television satellite.
AV-002	May 14, 2003 22:10	Atlas V 401	CCAFS SLC-41	HellasSat-2		GTO	Hellas Sat	Success [19]
	Commercial communications satellite.
AV-003	July 17, 2003 23:45	Atlas V 521	CCAFS SLC-41	Rainbow 1		GTO	Cablevision	Success [20]
	Direct broadcast satellite; first Atlas V flight with 5-meter fairing.
AC-164	December 2, 2003 10:04	Atlas IIAS	VAFB SLC-3E	NROL-18	6,500 kg	LEO	NRO	Success [21]
	Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 6A and 6B.
AC-203	December 18, 2003 02:30	Atlas IIIB	CCAFS SLC-36B	UFO 11		GTO	USAF	Success [22]
	Eleventh Ultra High Frequency military communications satellite.
2004
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AC-165	February 5, 2004 23:46	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36A	AMC-10	2,315 kg	GTO		Success [23]
	Commercial communications satellite.
AC-202	March 13, 2004 05:40	Atlas IIIA	CCAFS SLC-36B	MBSAT-1		GTO		Success [24]
	Commercial communications satellite.
AC-163	April 16, 2004 00:45	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36A	Superbird 6	3,100 kg	GTO		Success [25]
	Commercial communications satellite; transfer orbit was perturbed by the Moon, resulting in an extremely low perigee, permanently damaging the satellite.
AC-166	May 19, 2004 22:22	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36B	AMC-11	2,315 kg	GTO		Success [26]
	Commercial communications satellite.
AC-167	August 31, 2004 23:17	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS SLC-36A	NROL-1		Molniya		Success [27]
	Fourth third-generation SDS military communications satellite.
AV-005	December 17, 2004 12:07:00	Atlas V 521	CCAFS SLC-41	AMC-16	4,065 kg	GTO		Success [28]
	Commercial communications satellite.
2005
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AC-206	February 3, 2005 07:41	Atlas IIIB	CCAFS SLC-36B	NROL-23	6,500 kg	LEO		Success [29]
	Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; also known as Intruder 7A and 7B. Final Atlas III launch, final launch of a direct evolution of the Atlas missile, and final launch from LC-36 before Blue Origin leasing the pad.
AV-004	March 11, 2005 21:42	Atlas V 431	CCAFS SLC-41	Inmarsat-4 F1	5,959 kg	GTO		Success [30]
	Commercial mobile communications satellite.
AV-007	August 12, 2005 11:43:00	Atlas V 401	CCAFS SLC-41	MRO	2,180 kg	Heliocentric	NASA	Success [31]
	NASA Mars imaging probe. First interplanetary Atlas V launch.
2006
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AV-010	19 January 2006, 19:00:00	Atlas V 551/Star-48B	CCAFS SLC-41	New Horizons	478 kg	Galactocentric	NASA	Success [32]
	NASA Pluto/Kuiper Belt exploration probe; first spacecraft ever directly launched on an interstellar trajectory; first Atlas V 551.
AV-008	20 April 2006, 20:27:00	Atlas V 411	CCAFS SLC-41	Astra 1KR	4332 kg	GTO	SES	Success [33]
	Commercial communications satellite; final Atlas launch for ILS.
2007
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AV-013	March 9, 2007 03:10	Atlas V 401	CCAFS SLC-41	STP-1		LEO	USAF	Success [34]
	USAF rideshare mission; included Orbital Express, MidSTAR-1, FalconSAT-3 and CFESat.
AV-009	June 15, 2007 15:11	Atlas V 401	CCAFS SLC-41	NROL-30	6,500 kg	LEO	USAF	Partial failure [35]
	Two Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites; Centaur upper stage shut down early, leaving the payload in a suboptimal orbit.
AV-011	October 11, 2007 00:22	Atlas V 421	CCAFS SLC-41	WGS-1	5,987 kg	GTO	USAF	Success [36]
	First Wideband Global SATCOM military communications satellite; first Atlas V 421.
AV-015	December 10, 2007 22:05	Atlas V 401	CCAFS SLC-41	NROL-24		Molniya	NRO	Success [37]
	Fifth SDS military communications satellite; also known as QUASAR 16.
2008
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AV-006	March 13, 2008 10:02	Atlas V 411	VAFB SLC-3E	NROL-28	3,900 kg	Molniya	US NRO	Success [38]
	Fifth Trumpet SIGINT satellite.
AV-014	April 14, 2008 20:12:00	Atlas V 421	CCAFS SLC-41	ICO G1	6,634 kg	GTO	ICO	Success [39]
	Commercial communications satellite; heaviest commercial satellite ever launched at the time.
2009
Flight №	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
AV-016	April 4, 2009 00:31	Atlas V 421	CCAFS SLC-41	WGS-2	5,987 kg	GTO	USAF	Success [40]
	Second Wideband Global SATCOM military communications satellite.
AV-020	June 18, 2009, 17:32	Atlas V 401	CCAFS SLC-41	LRO/LCROSS		TLI		Success [41]
	NASA Lunar imager and spectroscopy spacecraft; Centaur upper stage was used as a lunar impactor to provide data for LCROSS.
AV-018	September 8, 2009, 21:35	Atlas V 401	CCAFS SLC-41	Palladium At Night		GTO	NRO	Success [42]
	Classified SIGINT communications interception satellite; also known as Nemesis 1.
AV-017	October 18, 2009, 16:12 [43]	Atlas V 401	VAFB SLC-3E	DMSP-5D3 F18	1,200 kg	SSO		Success[44]
	Eighteenth DMSP military weather satellite.
AV-024	November 23, 2009, 06:55	Atlas V 431	CCAFS SLC-41	Intelsat 14	5,663 kg	GTO		Success [45]
	Commercial communications satellite; hosts DoD IRIS secondary payload.

Photo gallery

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  First launch of the Atlas IIIA, carrying Eutelsat 36A
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  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches on an Atlas V 401
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  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches on an Atlas V 401
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  New Horizons launches on an Atlas V 551

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