Atlas V

Overview

An expendable launch vehicle by United Launch Alliance that has flown many NASA science and planetary missions.

Components & hardware

Knowledge connections

• Operated byUnited Launch Alliance
• LaunchedMars Science Laboratory
• LaunchedMAVEN
• LaunchedInSight
• LaunchedMars 2020
• LaunchedJuno
• LaunchedNew Horizons
• LaunchedOSIRIS-REx
• LaunchedLucy
• Member of familyAtlas
• Launched fromSpace Launch Complex 41
• Powered byRD-180
• Powered byRL10
• Replaced byVulcan Centaur
• Basis forVulcan Centaur
• LaunchedLandsat 8
• LaunchedLandsat 9
• LaunchedGOES-16

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• ULAUnited Launch Alliance

  Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan Centaur — manufacturer specifications and mission data.