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{{Short description|Expendable launch system}}
{{About|the rocket|the boat|Atlas V (tugboat)}}
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{{Infobox rocket
| name           = Atlas V
| logo           = Atlas V logo.svg
| logo_upright   = 0.3
| image          = Atlas V(401) launches with LRO and LCROSS cropped.jpg
| caption        = Launch of an Atlas V 401 carrying the [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] and [[Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite|LCROSS]] space probes on 18 June 2009.

| function       = [[Medium-lift launch vehicle]]

| manufacturer   = [[United Launch Alliance]]
| country-origin = [[United States]]

| cpl            = {{US$|110–153 million}} (2016)<ref name="rocketbuilder">{{cite web|url=https://www.rocketbuilder.com|title=RocketBuilder|date=2017-03-10|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=2017-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203124643/https://www.rocketbuilder.com/|archive-date=2016-12-03|url-status=live}}</ref>

| height         = Up to {{cvt|58.3|m}}
| diameter       = {{cvt|3.81|m}}
| mass           = {{cvt|590000|kg}}

| stages         = 2
| capacities     = {{Infobox rocket/payload
  | location     = [[low Earth orbit|LEO]]
  | inclination  = 28.70°
  | kilos        = {{cvt|8210–18850|kg|}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/rockets/atlas-v|title=Atlas V|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref>
}}
  {{Infobox rocket/payload
  | location     = [[geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
  | kilos        = {{cvt|4750–8900|kg}}
 }}

| family         = [[Atlas (rocket family)|Atlas]]
| derived_from   = [[Atlas III]]
| comparable     = {{flatlist|
* [[Delta IV]]
* [[Falcon 9]]
* [[Long March 3B]]
* [[Proton-M]]
* [[Saturn&nbsp;IB]]
}}

| status         = Active, retiring
| sites          = {{plainlist|
* [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], [[Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41|SLC-41]]
* [[Vandenberg Space Force Base|Vandenberg]], [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3|SLC-3]] (until 2022)<!-- this is the "launch history" section, Vandenberg stays-->
}}
| launches       = {{collapsible list|title=103<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/07/ula-delays-protecting-100-percent-success/|title=ULA delays focused on protecting its 100 percent mission success rate|first= Jared |last=Frankle |date=28 July 2019|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nro.gov/Portals/65/documents/news/press/2007/2007-01.pdf|title=NRO satellite successfully launched aboard Atlas V|date=15 June 2007|publisher=National Reconnaissance Office|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/ula/ula-readies-atlas-v-for-launch-of-nrol-79-reconnaissance-satellite/|title=ULA Readies Atlas V for Launch of NROL-79 Reconnaissance Satellite|date=27 February 2017|website=spaceflightinsider.com|access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>|'''401:''' 41|'''411:''' 6|'''421:''' 9|'''431:''' 3|'''501:''' 8|'''511:''' 1|'''521:''' 2|'''531:''' 5|'''541:''' 9|'''551:''' 16|'''N22:''' 3}}<!-- UPDATE after each launch -->
| success        = {{collapsible list|title=102|'''401:''' 40|'''411:''' 6|'''421:''' 9|'''431:''' 3|'''501:''' 8|'''511:''' 1|'''521:''' 2|'''531:''' 5|'''541:''' 9|'''551:''' 16|'''N22:''' 3}}<!-- UPDATE after each launch -->
| fail           =
| partial        = 15 June 2007

| first          = 21 August 2002 ([[Eutelsat 8 West C|Hot Bird 6]])
| last           = 23 June 2025 ([[Kuiper Systems|KuiperSat KA-02]])
| stagedata = {{Infobox rocket/stage
  | type         = booster
  | name         = [[AJ-60A]]<ref name=aerojet-aj60a>{{cite web|title=Atlas V Solid Rocket Motor|url=http://www.rocket.com/atlas-v-solid-rocket-motor|publisher=Aerojet Rocketdyne|access-date=2015-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314072244/http://www.rocket.com/atlas-v-solid-rocket-motor|archive-date=2017-03-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
  | number       = 0 to 5
  | length       = {{cvt|17|m}}<ref name=aerojet-aj60a/>
  | diameter     = {{cvt|1.6|m}}
  | empty        = 
  | gross        = {{cvt|46697|kg}}
  | propmass     = {{cvt|42630|kg}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spacelaunchreport.com/atlas5.html|title=Space Launch Report: Atlas 5 Data Sheet|date=15 October 2017|publisher=Space Launch Report|access-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223220555/http://spacelaunchreport.com/atlas5.html|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
  | solid        = yes
  | thrust       = {{cvt|1688.4|kN}}
  | total        = 
  | SI           = {{cvt|279.3|isp}}
  | burntime     = 94 seconds
  | fuel         = [[Ammonium perchlorate|AP]] / [[Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene|HTPB]] / [[Aluminium|Al]]
}}

{{Infobox rocket/stage
  | type         = booster
  | name         = [[Graphite-Epoxy Motor|GEM 63]]<ref name="GEM63/XL">{{cite web|url=http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/GEM/Documents/GEM_63_GEM_63XL.pdf|title=GEM 63/GEM 63XL Fact Sheet|date=5 April 2016|website=northropgrumman.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918143456/http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/GEM/Documents/GEM_63_GEM_63XL.pdf|archive-date=18 September 2018|access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="GEM_ULA">{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/evolution/190408_ulapanel_all_compressed.pdf|title=Developing Vulcan Centaur|date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825004201/https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/evolution/190408_ulapanel_all_compressed.pdf|archive-date=25 August 2019|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
  | number       = 0 to 5
  | length       = {{cvt|20.1|m}}<ref name="GEM63/XL"/>
  | diameter     = {{cvt|1.6|m|in}}
  | empty        = 
  | gross        = {{cvt|49300|kg}}
  | propmass     = {{cvt|44200|kg}}
  | solid        = yes
  | thrust       = {{cvt|1663|kN}}
  | total        = 
  | SI           = 
  | burntime     = 94 seconds
  | fuel         = [[Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant|AP]] / [[Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene|HTPB]] / [[Aluminium|Al]]
  }}

{{Infobox rocket/stage
  | type         = stage
  | stageno      = First
  | name         = [[Common Core Booster|Atlas CCB]]
  | length       = {{cvt|32.46|m}}
  | diameter     = {{cvt|3.81|m}}
  | empty        = {{cvt|21054|kg}}
  | gross        =  
  | propmass     = {{cvt|284089|kg}}
  | engines      = 1 × [[RD-180]]
  | thrust       = {{ubl
     | '''{{Abbr|SL|at sea level}}''': {{cvt|3827|kN}}
     | '''{{Abbr|vac|in vacuum}}''': {{cvt|4152|kN}}
     }}
  | SI           = {{ubl
     | '''{{Abbr|SL|at sea level}}''': {{cvt|311.3|isp}}
     | '''{{Abbr|vac|in vacuum}}''': {{cvt|337.8|isp}}
     }}
  | burntime     = 253 seconds
  | fuel         = [[RP-1]] / [[LOX]]
 }}

{{Infobox rocket/stage
  | type         = stage
  | stageno      = Second
  | name         = [[Centaur (rocket stage)|Centaur&nbsp;III]]
  | length       = {{cvt|12.68|m}}
  | diameter     = {{cvt|3.05|m}}
  | empty        = {{cvt|2316|kg}}
  | gross        =  
  | propmass     = {{cvt|20830|kg}}
  | engines      = {{nowrap|1 × [[RL10|RL10A]]}}, {{nowrap|2 × RL10A}} or {{nowrap|1 × [[RL10|RL10C]]}}
  | thrust       = {{cvt|99.2|kN}} (RL10A)
  | total        = 
  | SI           = {{cvt|450.5|isp}} (RL10A)
  | burntime     = 842 seconds (RL10A)
  | fuel         = [[LH2|LH<sub>2</sub>]] / [[LOX]]
  }}
}}'''Atlas V'''{{efn|Pronounced "Atlas five"; "V" is the [[Roman numeral]] for 5.}} is an [[expendable launch system]] and the fifth major version in the [[Atlas (rocket family)|Atlas launch vehicle family]]. It was developed by [[Lockheed Martin]] and has been operated by [[United Launch Alliance]] (ULA){{efn|ULA is a joint venture between [[Lockheed Martin]] and [[Boeing]].}} since 2006. Primarily used to launch payloads for the [[United States Department of Defense]], [[NASA]], and commercial customers, Atlas V is the longest-serving active rocket in the United States.

Each Atlas V vehicle consists of two main stages. The [[First stage (rocketry)|first stage]] is powered by a single Russian-made [[RD-180]] engine that burns [[kerosene]] and [[liquid oxygen]]. The [[Centaur (rocket stage)|Centaur]] upper stage uses one or two American-made [[Aerojet Rocketdyne]] [[RL10]] engines that burn [[liquid hydrogen]] and liquid oxygen. [[Strap-on booster|Strap-on]] [[Solid rocket booster|solid rocket boosters]] (SRBs) are used in several configurations. Originally equipped with [[AJ-60A]] SRBs, the vehicle switched to [[Graphite-Epoxy Motor]] (GEM 63) boosters beginning in November 2020, except for flights in the [[Boeing Starliner]] program. Standard [[Payload fairing|payload fairings]] measure either {{cvt|4.2|m|abbr=on}} or {{cvt|5.4|m|abbr=on}} in diameter, with multiple available lengths.<ref name="atlasvuserguide20102">{{cite web |date=March 2010 |title=Atlas V Launch Services User's Guide |url=http://www.unitedlaunchalliance.com/site/docs/product_cards/guides/AtlasVUsersGuide2010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514051638/http://www.unitedlaunchalliance.com/site/docs/product_cards/guides/AtlasVUsersGuide2010.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2013 |access-date=4 December 2011 |publisher=United Launch Alliance |location=Centennial, Colorado}}</ref>

In August 2021, ULA announced that Atlas V would be retired and all remaining launches had been sold. {{As of|2025|04}}, 14 launches remain. Production of the rocket ended in 2024.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1800818621247008910 |user=@torybruno |title=Bitter sweet. The final Atlas V is making its way through the factory. There are 16 AV missions to go. They will all be built this year, making more room for #Vulcan rate production |first=Tory |last=Bruno |author-link=Tory Bruno}}</ref> Future ULA missions will use the [[Vulcan Centaur]] launch vehicle,<ref name="Verge22">{{cite news |last1=Roulette |first1=Joey |date=26 August 2021 |title=ULA stops selling its centerpiece Atlas V, setting path for the rocket's retirement |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/26/22641048/ula-boeing-lockheed-end-sales-atlas-v-rocket-russia-rd180 |access-date=1 September 2021 |publisher=The Verge}}</ref> which was designed in part to comply with a Congressional mandate to phase out use of the Russian-made RD-180 engine.

== Vehicle description ==
The Atlas V was developed by [[Lockheed Martin|Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services]] (LMCLS) as part of the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[National Security Space Launch|Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle]] (EELV) program and made its inaugural flight on 21 August 2002. The vehicle operates from [[Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41|SLC-41]] at [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station]] (CCSFS). It also operated from [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3|SLC-3E]] at [[Vandenberg Space Force Base]] until 2022. LMCLS continued to market the Atlas V to commercial customers worldwide until January 2018, when [[United Launch Alliance]] (ULA) assumed control of commercial marketing and sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2009/1111_ss_cls.html|title=Lockheed Martin Ready For Launch Of Intelsat 14 Spacecraft |date=11 November 2009|publisher=Lockheed Martin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217062420/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2009/1111_ss_cls.html|archive-date=2011-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=United Launch Alliance Assumes Marketing and Sales for Atlas V from Lockheed Martin|url=http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/01/22/united-launch-alliance-assumes-marketing-sales-atlas-lockheed-martin/|website=parabolicarc.com|date=22 January 2018 |publisher=Parabolic Arc|access-date=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203417/http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/01/22/united-launch-alliance-assumes-marketing-sales-atlas-lockheed-martin/|archive-date=19 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Atlas V first stage ===
{{main|Common Core Booster}}

The Atlas V first stage, the [[Common Core Booster]] (not to be confused with the Delta IV's [[Common Booster Core]]), is {{cvt|3.8|m}} in diameter and {{cvt|32.5|m}} in length. It is powered by one Russian [[NPO Energomash]] [[RD-180]] main engine burning {{cvt|284450|kg}} of liquid oxygen and [[RP-1]]. The booster operates for about four minutes, providing about {{cvt|4|MN}} of thrust.<ref name=AVMissionGuide/> Thrust can be augmented with up to five [[Aerojet]] [[AJ-60A]] or [[Northrop Grumman]] GEM 63 strap-on [[solid rocket booster]]s, each providing an additional {{cvt|1.27|MN}} of thrust for 94&nbsp;seconds.

The main differences between the Atlas V and earlier [[Atlas I]] and [[Atlas II|II]] family launch vehicles are:
* The first stage tanks no longer use [[stainless steel]] [[monocoque]] pressure stabilized "balloon" construction. The tanks are [[isogrid]] [[Aluminium|aluminum]] and are structurally stable when unpressurized.<ref name=AVMissionGuide/>
* Accommodation points for parallel stages, both smaller solids and identical liquids, are built into first-stage structures.<ref name=AVMissionGuide/>
* The ''"1.5 staging"'' technique is no longer used, having been discontinued on the [[Atlas III]] with the introduction of the Russian RD-180 engine.<ref name=AVMissionGuide>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/product_cards/guides/AtlasVUsersGuide2010.pdf|title=Atlas V Launch Services User's Guide|date=March 2010|publisher=United Launch Alliance|pages=1-5 to 1-7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407233957/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/product_cards/guides/AtlasVUsersGuide2010.pdf|archive-date=2013-04-07}}</ref>
* The main-stage diameter increased from {{cvt|3.0|to|3.7|m}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog/blog/2019/12/13/atlas-v-starliner-oft-by-the-numbers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726110046/https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog/blog/2019/12/13/atlas-v-starliner-oft-by-the-numbers |archive-date=26 July 2020 |title=Atlas V Starliner OFT: By the Numbers}}</ref>

=== Centaur III upper stage ===
{{main|Centaur (rocket stage)}}

The [[Centaur (rocket stage)|Centaur III]] upper stage uses a pressure-stabilized propellant-tank design and [[Cryogenic fuel|cryogenic propellants]]. The Centaur III was first introduced for use on the Atlas III and was stretched {{cvt|1.7|m}} relative to the Centaur II used on the [[Atlas II]]. It is powered by either one or two Aerojet Rocketdyne [[RL10]] engines, each developing a thrust of up to {{cvt|101.8|kN}}. The [[inertial navigation unit]] (INU) located on the Centaur provides guidance and navigation for both the Atlas and Centaur and controls both Atlas and Centaur tank pressures and propellant use. The Centaur engines are capable of multiple in-space starts, making possible insertion into [[Low Earth orbit|low Earth parking orbit]], followed by a coast period and then insertion into [[Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]].<ref name="afsp200903">{{cite web |date=March 2009 |title=Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle |url=http://www.afspc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3643 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427031225/http://www.afspc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3643 |archive-date=2014-04-27}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> A subsequent third burn following a multi-hour coast can permit direct injection of payloads into [[geostationary orbit]].{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

When the Atlas V was introduced, the Centaur III was alternatively called the Common Centaur, reflecting its use on both the Atlas III and V. {{As of|2006}}, the Centaur III had the highest proportion of burnable propellant relative to total mass of any modern hydrogen upper stage and hence can deliver substantial payloads to a high-energy state.<ref name="aip2006">{{cite web |last1=Birckenstaedt |first1=Bonnie |last2=Kutter |first2=Bernard F. |last3=Zegler |first3=Frank |year=2006 |title=Centaur Application to Robotic and Crewed Lunar Lander Evolution |url=http://unitedlaunchalliance.com/site/docs/publications/CentaurApplicationtoRoboticandCrewedLunarLanderEvolution.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514023823/http://unitedlaunchalliance.com/site/docs/publications/CentaurApplicationtoRoboticandCrewedLunarLanderEvolution.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-14 |publisher=American Institute of Physics |page=2}}</ref>

=== Payload fairing ===
Atlas V payload fairings are available in two diameters, depending on satellite requirements. The {{cvt|4.2|m}} diameter fairing,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/atlas-v-401/ |title=Atlas V 401 – Rockets|website=spaceflight101.com|access-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405084515/http://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/atlas-v-401|archive-date=2016-04-05 |url-status=live}}</ref> originally designed for the [[Atlas II]] booster, comes in three different lengths: the original {{cvt|9|m}} version and extended {{cvt|10|and|11|m}} versions, first flown respectively on the AV-008/[[Astra 1KR]] and AV-004/[[Inmarsat-4 F1]] missions. Fairings of up to {{cvt|7.2|m}} diameter and {{cvt|32.3|m}} length have been considered but were never implemented.<ref name="atlasvuserguide2010">{{cite web |date=March 2010 |title=Atlas V Launch Services User's Guide |url=http://www.unitedlaunchalliance.com/site/docs/product_cards/guides/AtlasVUsersGuide2010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514051638/http://www.unitedlaunchalliance.com/site/docs/product_cards/guides/AtlasVUsersGuide2010.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-14 |access-date=2011-12-04 |publisher=United Launch Alliance |location=Centennial, Colorado}}</ref>

A {{cvt|5.4|m}} diameter fairing, with an internally usable diameter of {{cvt|4.57|m}}, was developed and built by [[RUAG Space]]<ref name=ruag-fairings>{{cite web|url=https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/space/launcher-structures-separation-systems/launcher-fairings-structures|title=Launcher Fairings and Structures|publisher=RUAG Space|access-date=12 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708190523/https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/space/launcher-structures-separation-systems/launcher-fairings-structures|archive-date=8 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Switzerland]]. The RUAG fairing uses [[Carbon fibers|carbon fiber]] composite construction and is based on a similar flight-proven fairing for the [[Ariane 5]]. Three configurations are manufactured to support the Atlas V: {{cvt|20.7|m}}, {{cvt|23.4|m}}, and {{cvt|26.5|m}} long.<ref name=ruag-fairings/> While the classic {{cvt|4.2|m}} fairing covers only the payload, the RUAG fairing is much longer and fully encloses both the Centaur upper stage and the payload.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/atlas-5.htm|title=Atlas-5 (Atlas-V)|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=2011-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427025907/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/atlas-5.htm|archive-date=2014-04-27}}</ref>

== Upgrades ==
Many systems on the Atlas V have been the subject of upgrade and enhancement both prior to the first Atlas V flight and since that time. Work on a [[Fault-tolerant design|Fault Tolerant]] [[Inertial navigation system|Inertial Navigation Unit]] (FTINU) started in 2001 to enhance mission reliability for Atlas vehicles by replacing the earlier non-redundant navigation and computing equipment with a fault-tolerant unit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.militaryaerospace.com/computers/article/16710727/honeywell-awarded-52-million-atlas-v-contract|title= Honeywell awarded US$52 million Atlas V contract|publisher=Military & Aerospace Electronics|date=30 April 2001|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> The upgraded FTINU first flew in 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/product_cards/guides/AtlasVUsersGuide2010.pdf |title=Atlas V Launch Services User's Guide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306002859/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/product_cards/guides/AtlasVUsersGuide2010.pdf| archive-date=6 March 2012|date=2012-03-06|publisher=United Launch Alliance}}</ref> and in 2010 a follow-on order for more FTINU units was awarded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.space-travel.com/reports/Honeywell_Provides_Guidance_System_For_Atlas_V_Rocket_999.html |title=Honeywell Provides Guidance System For Atlas V Rocket|date=2 August 2010|access-date=12 November 2022|publisher=Space-Travel.com}}</ref>

In 2015, ULA announced that the Aerojet Rocketdyne-produced [[AJ-60A]] solid rocket boosters (SRBs) then in use on Atlas V would be superseded by new [[Graphite-Epoxy Motor|GEM 63 boosters]] produced by [[Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems]]. The extended GEM 63XL boosters will also be used on the [[Vulcan Centaur]] launch vehicle that will replace the Atlas V.<ref name="Jason Rhian">{{cite news |author=Rhian |first=Jason |date=23 September 2015 |title=ULA selects Orbital ATK's GEM 63/63 XL SRBs for Atlas V and Vulcan boosters |url=http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/ula/ula-selects-orbital-atks-gem-6363-xl-srbs-for-atlas-v-and-vulcan-boosters/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111043540/http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/ula/ula-selects-orbital-atks-gem-6363-xl-srbs-for-atlas-v-and-vulcan-boosters/ |archive-date=11 January 2016 |access-date=31 December 2015 |publisher=Spaceflight Insider}}</ref> The first Atlas V launch with GEM 63 boosters happened on 13 November 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northrop Grumman Rocket Boosters Help Successfully Launch United Launch Alliance's Atlas V |url=https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-rocket-boosters-help-successfully-launch-united-launch-alliances-atlas-v|publisher=Northrop Grumman Newsroom|date=13 November 2020|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref>

== Human-rating certification ==
Proposals and design work to [[human-rating certification|human-rate]] the Atlas V began as early as 2006, with ULA's parent company [[Lockheed Martin]] reporting an agreement with [[Bigelow Aerospace]] that was intended to lead to commercial [[private spaceflight|private]] trips to [[low Earth orbit]] (LEO).<ref name=nsf20070131>{{cite news|last=Gaskill|first=Braddock|title=Human Rated Atlas V for Bigelow Space Station details emerge|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|date=2007-01-31|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314112054/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5008|archive-date=2008-03-14}}</ref>

Human-rating design and simulation work began in earnest in 2010, with the award of US$6.7 million in the first phase of the [[NASA]] [[Commercial Crew Program]] (CCP) to develop an [[Emergency Detection System]] (EDS).<ref name=ula20100202>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/45 |title=NASA Selects United Launch Alliance for Commercial Crew Development Program |date=2010-02-02 |access-date=2011-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml |archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>

As of February 2011, ULA had received an extension to April 2011 from NASA and was finishing up work on the EDS.<ref name=nsj20110204>{{cite news|title=CCDev awardees one year later: where are they now? |url=http://www.newspacejournal.com/2011/02/04/ccdev-awardees-one-year-later-where-are-they-now/|access-date=2011-02-05|newspaper=NewSpace Journal|date=2011-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605111613/http://www.newspacejournal.com/2011/02/04/ccdev-awardees-one-year-later-where-are-they-now/|archive-date=2013-06-05}}</ref>

NASA solicited proposals for CCP phase 2 in October 2010, and ULA proposed to complete design work on the EDS. At the time, NASA's goal was to get astronauts to orbit by 2015. Then-ULA President and CEO Michael Gass stated that a schedule acceleration to 2014 was possible if funded.<ref name=sfn20110213>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Stephen|title=Safety system tested for Atlas and Delta rockets |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1102/13ulaccdev/|access-date=2011-02-14|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=2011-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427030425/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1102/13ulaccdev/|archive-date=2014-04-27}}</ref> Other than the addition of the Emergency Detection System, no major changes were expected to the Atlas V rocket, but ground infrastructure modifications were planned. The most likely candidate for the human-rating was the N02 configuration, with no fairing, no solid rocket boosters, and dual RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage.<ref name=sfn20110213/>

On 18 July 2011, NASA and ULA announced an agreement on the possibility of certifying the Atlas V to NASA's standards for human spaceflight.<ref name=NASAULA>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2011/release-20110718.txt|date=2011-07-18|publisher=NASA|title=NASA Begins Commercial Partnership With United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514041058/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2011/release-20110718.txt|archive-date=2013-05-14}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> ULA agreed to provide NASA with data on the Atlas V, while NASA would provide ULA with draft human certification requirements.<ref name=NASAULA/> In 2011, the human-rated Atlas V was also still under consideration to carry spaceflight participants to the proposed [[Bigelow Commercial Space Station]].<ref name=cl20110718>{{cite news|url=http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/18/7105625-rocket-venture-to-work-with-nasa|last=Boyle|first=Alan |title=Rocket venture to work with NASA|access-date=2011-07-21|publisher=MSNBC Cosmic Log|date=2011-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511055325/http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/18/7105625-rocket-venture-to-work-with-nasa|archive-date=2012-05-11}}</ref>

In 2011, [[Sierra Nevada Corporation]] (SNC) picked the Atlas V to be the booster for its still-under-development [[Dream Chaser]] crewed [[spaceplane]].<ref name="FLTD 11-08-06">{{cite news|last=Kelly |first=John|title=Atlas V rising to the occasion|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110807/COLUMNISTS0405/108070317/1007/spaceblog|access-date=2011-08-10|newspaper=Florida Today|date=2011-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427030509/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110807/COLUMNISTS0405/108070317/1007/spaceblog|archive-date=2014-04-27|location=Melbourne, Florida|url-status=live}}</ref> The Dream Chaser was intended to launch on an Atlas V, fly a crew to the ISS, and land horizontally following a [[lifting body|lifting-body]] reentry.<ref name="FLTD 11-08-06"/> However, in late 2014 [[NASA]] did not select the Dream Chaser to be one of the two vehicles selected under the [[Commercial Crew Development|Commercial Crew]] competition.

On 4 August 2011, [[Boeing Defense, Space & Security|Boeing]] announced that it would use the Atlas V as the initial launch vehicle for its [[Boeing Starliner|CST-100]] crew capsule. CST-100 will take NASA astronauts to the [[International Space Station]] (ISS) and was also intended to service the proposed [[Bigelow Commercial Space Station]].<ref name=Boeing20110804>{{cite press release|title=Boeing selects Atlas V Rocket for Initial Commercial Crew Launches|publisher=Boeing|url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1869+title=Boeing|access-date=2011-08-06|date=2011-08-04|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128092708/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1869+title=Boeing|archive-date=2013-01-28|location=Houston|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=sdc20110804>{{cite news|last=Malik|first=Tariq|title=Boeing Needs Space Pilots for Spaceship & Rocket Test Flights|url=http://www.space.com/12544-boeing-space-test-pilot-rocket-launches-cst-100.html|access-date=2011-08-07 |newspaper=SPACE.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901080432/http://www.space.com/12544-boeing-space-test-pilot-rocket-launches-cst-100.html|archive-date=2011-09-01|date=2011-08-04|url-status=live}}</ref> A three-flight test program was projected to be completed by 2015, certifying the Atlas V/CST-100 combination for human spaceflight operations.<ref name=sdc20110804/> The first flight was expected to include an Atlas V rocket integrated with an uncrewed CST-100 capsule,<ref name=Boeing20110804/> the second flight an in-flight launch abort system demonstration in the middle of that year,<ref name=sdc20110804/> and the third flight a crewed mission carrying two Boeing test-pilot astronauts into LEO and returning them safely at the end of 2015.<ref name=sdc20110804/> These plans were delayed by many years and morphed along the way so that in the end, the first orbital test flight with no crew materialized in 2019, but it was a failure and needed to be reflown in 2022, the in-flight launch abort system test flight did not materialize, and the third flight, a crewed orbital test flight with two astronauts (in the end NASA's, not Boeing's astronauts) materialized in June 2024 as [[Boeing Crewed Flight Test]]. The launch abort system was tested in 2019 in the [[Boeing Pad Abort Test]]. The spacecraft launched from a test stand, not from an Atlas V.

In 2014, [[NASA]] selected the [[Boeing Starliner|Boeing Starliner CST-100]] spacecraft as part of the [[Commercial Crew Program]]. Atlas V is the launch vehicle for Starliner. The first launch of an uncrewed Starliner, the [[Boeing Orbital Flight Test|Boeing OFT]] mission, occurred atop a human-rated Atlas V on the morning of 20 December 2019; the mission failed to meet goals due to a spacecraft failure, though the Atlas V launcher performed well.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pappalardo |first1=Joe |title=Boeing's Starliner Falls Short in Big Blow to NASA's Crewed Program |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a30295321/starliner-test-failure/ |access-date=20 December 2019 |publisher=Popular Mechanics }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |date=2019-12-20 |title=Boeing Starliner fails key NASA mission as autonomous flight system malfunctions |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/20/boeings-starliner-flies-into-wrong-orbit-jeopardizing-trip-to-the-international-space-station.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, an Atlas V launched an uncrewed Starliner capsule for the second time on [[Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2|Boe-OFT 2]] mission; the mission was a success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boeing Starliner capsule lifts off to space station on second orbital flight test |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-051922a-boeing-starliner-oft2-launch.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=collectSPACE.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-25 |title=Starliner concludes OFT-2 test flight with landing in New Mexico |url=https://spacenews.com/starliner-concludes-oft-2-test-flight-with-landing-in-new-mexico/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}</ref>

In June 2024, on [[Boeing Crewed Flight Test|Boe-CFT]] mission, Atlas V carried humans into space for the first time, launching two NASA astronauts to the ISS.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://spacenews.com/starliner-lifts-off-on-crewed-test-flight/ |title=Starliner lifts off on crewed test flight |date=5 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605235858/https://spacenews.com/starliner-lifts-off-on-crewed-test-flight/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/06/starliner-cft-launch/ |last=Rosenstein|first=Sawyer|title=Boeing's Starliner CFT launches on third attempt |date=5 June 2024| access-date=5 June 2024 }}</ref>

== Project Kuiper ==
[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] selected the Atlas V to launch some of the satellites for [[Project Kuiper]]. Project Kuiper will offer a [[broadband|high-speed]] [[satellite internet constellation]] service. The contract signed with Amazon is for all nine remaining available Atlas V rockets. Project Kuiper aims to put thousands of satellites into orbit. ULA is Amazon's first launch provider.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite news|last1=Sheetz|first1=Michael |title=Amazon signs with ULA for rockets to launch Jeff Bezos' Kuiper internet satellites|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/amazon-signs-ula-rockets-to-launch-bezos-kuiper-internet-satellites.html|access-date=7 July 2021 |publisher=CNBC|date=19 April 2021}}</ref> Two Kuiper test satellites were launched on Atlas V in 2023 because their originally-contracted launch vehicles were not available on time. The remaining eight Atlas V Kuiper launches will each carry a full payload of Kuiper satellites. Most of the Kuiper constellation will use other launch vehicles. The first launch of an Atlas V carrying the first batch of 27 Kuiper satellites launched on April 28th, 2025.

== Versions ==
[[File:Atlas V family (cropped).png|thumb|Atlas V family with asymmetric SRBs.]]
[[File:Atlas V Launch Vehicle Diagram.png|thumb|upright=1.0|right|Atlas V 401]]

Each Atlas V booster configuration has a three-digit designation. 

The first digit shows the diameter (in meters) of the payload fairing and has a value of "4" or "5" for fairing launches and "N" for crew capsule launches (as no payload fairing is used). 

The second digit indicates the number of solid rocket boosters (SRBs) attached to the core of the launch vehicle and can range from "0" through "3" with the {{cvt|4|m}} fairing, and "0" through "5" with the {{cvt|5|m}} fairing. As seen in the first image, all SRB layouts are asymmetrical. 

The third digit represents the number of engines on the Centaur stage, either "1" or "2". All of the configurations use the [[Centaur (rocket stage)#Single Engine Centaur (SEC)|Single Engine Centaur]], except for the "N22" which is only used on [[Boeing Starliner|Starliner]] crew capsule missions, and uses [[Centaur (rocket stage)#Dual Engine Centaur (DEC)|Dual Engine Centaur]].

Atlas V has flown in eleven configurations:<ref>{{cite web |last=McDowell |first=Jonathan |date=2010-10-28 |title=Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database |url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/launch/Atlas5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211113416/http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/launch/Atlas5 |archive-date=2013-12-11 |access-date=2010-12-11}}</ref>
;
{{legend inline|#bbffbb|Active}} {{legend inline|#f9f9f9|Retired}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
|- 
|+ Atlas V configurations
|-
!rowspan=2|Version
!rowspan=2|Fairing
!rowspan=2|SRBs
!rowspan=2|Centaur<br/>engines
!colspan=2|Payload, kg<ref name="guide">{{Cite web |title=Atlas V Mission Planner's Guide – March 2010 |url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ssc/cls/AVUG_Rev11_March2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217062316/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ssc/cls/AVUG_Rev11_March2010.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2011 |access-date=2011-11-19}}</ref>
!rowspan=2|Launches<br/>to date
!rowspan=2|Base<br/>price<ref name="rocketbuilder"/>
|-
!to [[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]{{Efn-lr|At an inclination of 28.5°}}
!to [[Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
|-
| 401
| 4 m
| –
| 1
| 9,797
| 4,750
| 41
| US$109 million

|-
| 411
| 4 m
| 1
| 1
| 12,150 
| 5,950
| 6
| US$115 million

|-
| 421
| 4 m
| 2
| 1
| 14,067
| 6,890
| 9
| US$123 million

|-
| 431
| 4 m
| 3
| 1
| 15,718
| 7,700
| 3
| US$130 million

|-
| 501
| 5.4 m
| –
| 1
| 8,123
| 3,775
| 8
| US$120 million

|-
| 511
| 5.4 m
| 1
| 1
| 10,986
| 5,250
| 1
| US$130 million

|-
| 521
| 5.4 m
| 2
| 1
| 13,490
| 6,475
| 2
| US$135 million

|-
| 531
| 5.4 m
| 3
| 1
| 15,575
| 7,475
| 5
| US$140 million

|-
| 541
| 5.4 m
| 4
| 1
| 17,443
| 8,290
| 9
| US$145 million

|-style="background: #bbffbb"
| 551
| 5.4 m
| 5
| 1
| 18,814
| 8,900
| 16
| US$153 million

|-style="background: #bbffbb"
| N22{{efn-lr|for [[Boeing Starliner]]<ref>{{cite tweet|number=787351995078152192|user=barbegan13|title=We are calling the config N22. No payload fairing with the Starliner on board|date=October 15, 2016 |first=Barbara|last=Egan}}</ref>}}
| None
| 2{{efn-lr|Only uses the [[AJ-60A]] SRB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/05/15/billion-dollar-missile-defense-satellite-ready-for-launch-monday-at-cape-canaveral |title=Billion-dollar missile defense satellite ready for launch Monday in Florida|date=May 15, 2021|first=Stephen|last=Clark|access-date=August 8, 2024|publisher=Spaceflight Now}}</ref>}}
| 2
| colspan="2" | 13,250 (to [[ISS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boeing-jtti.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/19123936/atlasvstarliner.pdf|title=Atlas V Starliner |publisher=United Launch Alliance |access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref>
| 3
| –
|}
{{notelist-lr}}

=== Launch cost ===
Before 2016, pricing information for Atlas V launches was limited. In 2010, NASA contracted with ULA to launch the [[MAVEN]] mission on an Atlas V 401 for approximately US$187 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Maven Mission|url=http://mars.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1454|website=mars.nasa.gov|access-date=7 May 2016|date=21 October 2010}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> The 2013 cost of this configuration for the U.S. Air Force under their block buy of 36 launch vehicles was US$164 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=ULA Frequently Asked Questions – Launch Costs |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/faqs-launch-costs.aspx|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324172526/http://www.ulalaunch.com/faqs-launch-costs.aspx|archive-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> In 2015, the [[TDRS-13|TDRS-M]] launch on an Atlas 401 cost NASA US$132.4 million.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Northon|first1=Karen|title=NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for TDRS Satellite |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-next-tracking-data-relay-satellite|website=nasa.gov|access-date=7 May 2016|date=30 October 2015}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

Starting in 2016, ULA provided pricing for the Atlas V through its RocketBuilder website, advertising a base price for each launch vehicle configuration, which ranges from US$109 million for the 401 up to US$153 million for the 551.<ref name="rocketbuilder"/> Each additional SRB adds an average of US$6.8 million to the cost of the launch vehicle. Customers can also choose to purchase larger payload fairings or additional launch service options. NASA and Air Force launch costs are often higher than equivalent commercial missions due to additional government accounting, analysis, processing, and mission assurance requirements, which can add US$30–80 million to the cost of a launch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/30/13792816/united-launch-alliance-website-rocket-builder-atlas-v|title=United Launch Alliance unveils website that lets you price out a rocket "like building a car"|last=Grush|first=Loren|date=2016-11-30|publisher=The Verge|access-date=2016-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201120251/http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/30/13792816/united-launch-alliance-website-rocket-builder-atlas-v|archive-date=2016-12-01|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, launch costs for commercial satellites to [[Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]] averaged about US$100 million, significantly lower than historic Atlas V pricing.<ref name="sfn-20131124">{{cite news |author=Clark |first=Stephen |date=24 November 2013 |title=Sizing up America's place in the global launch industry |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/131124commercial/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203224447/http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/131124commercial/ |archive-date=2013-12-03 |access-date=25 November 2013 |publisher=Spaceflight Now}}</ref> However, after the rise of [[Reusable rocket|reusable rockets]], the price of an Atlas V [401] has dropped from approximately US$180 million to US$109 million,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roulette |first=Joey |date=2021-08-26 |title=ULA stops selling its centerpiece Atlas V, setting path for the rocket's retirement |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/26/22641048/ula-boeing-lockheed-end-sales-atlas-v-rocket-russia-rd180 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913064920/https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/26/22641048/ula-boeing-lockheed-end-sales-atlas-v-rocket-russia-rd180 |archive-date=2024-09-13 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> in large part due to [[Space launch market competition|competitive pressure]] that emerged in the launch services marketplace during the early 2010s. ULA CEO [[Tory Bruno]] stated in 2016 that ULA needs at least two commercial missions each year in order to stay profitable going forward.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2016/10/14/ceo-tory-bruno-explains-how-united-launch-alliance-will-stay-ahead-of-competitors/print/|title=CEO Tory Bruno Explains How United Launch Alliance Will Stay Ahead Of Competitors|last=Thompson|first=Loren|newspaper=Forbes|access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> ULA is not attempting to win these missions on purely lowest purchase price, stating that it "would rather be the best ''value'' provider".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fortune.com/spacex-ula-lockheed-boeing-rocket-race/|title=The Great Rocket Race|newspaper=Fortune|access-date=2016-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201143804/http://fortune.com/spacex-ula-lockheed-boeing-rocket-race/|archive-date=2016-12-01|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, ULA suggested that customers would have much lower [[Satellite insurance|insurance]] and [[Cost of delay|delay costs]] because of the high Atlas V reliability and schedule certainty, making overall customer costs close to that of using competitors like the [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9]].<ref name="sfn-20161130">{{cite news |author=Harwood |first=William |date=30 November 2016 |title=ULA unveils 'RocketBuilder' website |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/11/30/ula-unveils-rocketbuilder-website/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202040122/http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/11/30/ula-unveils-rocketbuilder-website/ |archive-date=2 December 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016 |publisher=Spaceflight Now}}</ref>

=== Historically proposed versions ===
In 2006, ULA offered an Atlas V Heavy option that would use three [[Common Core Booster]] (CCB) stages strapped together to lift a {{cvt|29400|kg}} payload to [[low Earth orbit]].<ref name=product-card>{{cite web|title=Atlas V Product Card|publisher=United Launch Alliance|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Products_AtlasV.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330140202/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Products_AtlasV.shtml|archive-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> ULA stated at the time that 95% of the hardware required for the Atlas&nbsp;V Heavy has already been flown on the Atlas&nbsp;V single-core vehicles.<ref name=atlasvuserguide2010/> The lifting capability of the proposed launch vehicle was to be roughly equivalent to the [[Delta&nbsp;IV Heavy]],<ref name=atlasvuserguide2010/> which used [[RS-68]] engines developed and produced domestically by Aerojet Rocketdyne.

A 2006 report, prepared by the [[RAND Corporation]] for the [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]], stated that Lockheed Martin had decided not to develop an Atlas&nbsp;V heavy-lift vehicle (HLV).<ref>{{cite book
|url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG503.pdf|title=National Security Space Launch Report|publisher=RAND Corporation|year=2006|page=29
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023080432/https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG503.pdf|archive-date=2012-10-23}}</ref> The report recommended for the U.S. Air Force and the [[National Reconnaissance Office]] (NRO) to "determine the necessity of an EELV heavy-lift variant, including development of an Atlas&nbsp;V Heavy", and to "resolve the RD-180 issue, including coproduction, [[stockpiling|stockpile]], or United States development of an RD-180 replacement".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG503.pdf|title=National Security Space Launch Report|publisher=RAND Corporation|year=2006|page=xxi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023080432/https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG503.pdf|archive-date=2012-10-23}}</ref>

In 2010, ULA stated that the Atlas V Heavy variant could be available to customers 30 months from the date of order.<ref name=atlasvuserguide2010/>

;Atlas V PH2
In late 2006, the Atlas V program gained access to the tooling and processes for 5-meter-diameter stages used on [[Delta&nbsp;IV]] when Boeing and Lockheed Martin space operations were merged into the [[United Launch Alliance]]. This led to a proposal to combine the 5-meter-diameter Delta&nbsp;IV tankage production processes with dual RD-180 engines, resulting in the '''Atlas Phase&nbsp;2'''.

An '''Atlas V PH2-Heavy''' consisting of three 5-meter stages in parallel with six RD-180s was considered in the [[Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee|Augustine Report]] as a possible heavy lifter for use in future space missions, as well as the [[Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle|Shuttle-derived]] [[Ares&nbsp;V]] and [[Ares V|Ares&nbsp;V Lite]].<ref name="hsf200910"/> If built, the Atlas&nbsp;PH2-Heavy was projected to be able to launch a payload mass of approximately {{cvt|70|MT}} into an orbit of 28.5° [[Orbital inclination#Natural and artificial satellites|inclination]].<ref name=hsf200910>[http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/396093main_HSF_Cmte_FinalReport.pdf HSF Final Report: Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122095823/http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/396093main_HSF_Cmte_FinalReport.pdf|date=2009-11-22}} October 2009 ''Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee'' graphic on p.&nbsp;64, retrieved 2011-02-07. {{PD-notice}}</ref>

;Booster for GX rocket
The Atlas V Common Core Booster was to have been used as the first stage of the joint US-Japanese '''[[GX (rocket)|GX]] rocket''', which was scheduled to make its first flight in 2012.<ref name="ULA-GX">{{cite web|url=https://www.ihi.co.jp/var/ezwebin_site/storage/original/application/39643f92ec27734cc0aa746f166ddbc9.pdf|title=Development of the GX Launch Vehicle, New Medium Class Launch Vehicle of Japan|publisher=IHI Engineering Review|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref> GX launches would have been from the Atlas&nbsp;V launch complex at Vandenberg Air Force Base, [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3|SLC-3E]]. However, the Japanese government decided to cancel the GX project in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3716870|title=Japan scraps GX rocket development project|publisher=iStockAnalyst|date=2009-12-16|access-date=2009-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306095016/http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3716870|archive-date=2014-03-06}}</ref>

;Out-licensing rejected by ULA
In May 2015, a consortium of companies, including [[Aerojet Rocketdyne|Aerojet]] and [[Dynetics]], sought to license the production or manufacturing rights to the Atlas&nbsp;V using the [[Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1]] engine in place of the RD-180. The proposal was rejected by ULA.<ref name="SpaceNews-2015-05-12">{{cite news |author=Gruss |first=Mike |date=12 May 2015 |title=Aerojet on Team Seeking Atlas 5 Production Rights |url=http://spacenews.com/aerojet-led-team-seeks-atlas-5-production-rights/ |publisher=SpaceNews}}</ref>

== Atlas V launches ==
{{further|List of Atlas launches}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;" border="1"
|-
! Flight No.
! Date and time ([[UTC]])
! Type
! Serial no.
! Launch site
! Payload
! Type of payload
! Orbit
! Outcome
! Remarks
|-

| 1
| 21 August 2002<br/>22:05
| 401
| AV-001
| [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], [[Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41|SLC-41]]
| [[Eutelsat 8 West C|Hot Bird 6]]
| Commercial [[communications satellite]] (comsat)
| [[Geosynchronous transfer orbit|GTO]]
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/inaugural-atlas-v-scores-success-ils-lockheed-martin|title=Inaugural Atlas V Scores Success for ILS, Lockheed Martin|date=21 August 2002|publisher=International Launch Services|access-date=2013-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725200307/http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/inaugural-atlas-v-scores-success-ils-lockheed-martin|archive-date=2013-07-25}}</ref>
| First Atlas V launch
|-

| 2
| 13 May 2003<br/>22:10
| 401
| AV-002
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Hellas Sat 2]]
| Commercial comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-launches-hellas-sat-atlas-v|title=ILS Launches Hellas-Sat on Atlas V|date=13 May 2003|publisher=International Launch Services|access-date=2013-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513193433/http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-launches-hellas-sat-atlas-v|archive-date=13 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| First satellite for [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]]
|-

| 3
| 17 July 2003<br/>23:45
| 521
| AV-003
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Rainbow-1]]
| Commercial comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-launches-rainbow-1-satellite|title=ILS Launches Rainbow 1 Satellite|date=17 July 2003|publisher=International Launch Services|access-date=2013-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513193426/http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-launches-rainbow-1-satellite|archive-date=13 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| First Atlas V 500 launch<br/>First Atlas V launch with SRBs
|-

| 4
| 17 December 2004<br/>12:07
| 521
| AV-005
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[SES Americom|AMC-16]]
| Commercial comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/news287|title=ILS Launches AMC-16; Wraps Up Year With 10 Mission Successes|date=17 December 2004|publisher=International Launch Services |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219192850/http://ilslaunch.com/news287|archive-date=2010-12-19}}</ref>
| Last flight of the 521 configuration
|-

| 5
| 11 March 2005<br/>21:42
| 431
| AV-004
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Inmarsat-4 F1]]
| Commercial comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-atlas-v-vehicle-lifts-massive-satellite-inmarsat|title=ILS Atlas V Vehicle Lifts Massive Satellite For Inmarsat|date=11 March 2005|publisher=International Launch Services|access-date=2013-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111043540/http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-atlas-v-vehicle-lifts-massive-satellite-inmarsat|archive-date=11 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| First Atlas V 400 launch with SRBs
|-

| 6
| 12 August 2005<br/>11:43
| 401
| AV-007
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] (MRO)
| [[Mars]] orbiter
| [[Heliocentric orbit|Heliocentric]] to<br>[[Mars|Areocentric]]
| {{Success}}<ref name="mro">{{cite web|url=http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/newsroom/pressreleases/20050812a.html|title=NASA's Multipurpose Mars Mission Successfully Launched|date=2005-08-12|publisher=NASA |access-date=2011-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510140909/http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/newsroom/pressreleases/20050812a.html|archive-date=2013-05-10}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
| First Atlas V launch for [[NASA]]
|-

| 7
| 19 January 2006<br/>19:00
| 551
| AV-010
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[New Horizons]]
| [[Pluto]] and [[Kuiper Belt]] probe
| [[Hyperbolic trajectory|Hyperbolic]]
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/news/release-20060119.html|title=NASA's Pluto Mission Launched Toward New Horizons|date=2006-01-19|publisher=NASA|access-date=2011-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427025405/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/news/release-20060119.html|archive-date=2014-04-27}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
| [[Star 48|Star 48B]] third stage used, only Atlas V launch with a third stage.
|-

| 8
| 20 April 2006<br/>20:27
| 411
| AV-008
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Astra 1KR]]
| Commercial comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/news337|title=ILS Launches ASTRA 1KR Satellite|date=20 April 2006|publisher=International Launch Services |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219205757/http://ilslaunch.com/news337|archive-date=2010-12-19}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 9
| 9 March 2007<br/>03:10
| 401
| AV-013
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Space Test Program|Space Test Program-1]]
| 6 military research satellites
| [[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2007/03/08/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-first-usaf-atlas-v|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First USAF Atlas V|date=8 March 2007|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162250/https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2007/03/08/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-first-usaf-atlas-v|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 
* First ULA Atlas launch
* First Atlas V night launch
* First three-burn Atlas V mission
* [[Orbital Express]]
* [[FalconSAT#FalconSAT-3|FalconSAT-3]]
|-

| 10
| 15 June 2007<br/>15:12
| 401
| AV-009
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| USA-194 (NROL-30/[[NOSS]]-4-3A and -4-3B)
| Two [[National Reconnaissance Office|NRO]] [[Reconnaissance satellite]]s
| |LEO
| {{Partial failure}}<ref name=sfn-20070816/> 
| First Atlas V flight for the National Reconnaissance Office<ref>{{cite web|date=15 June 2007|title=NRO satellite successfully launched aboard Atlas V|url=http://www.nro.gov/news/press/2007/2007-01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217195710/http://www.nro.gov/news/press/2007/2007-01.pdf|archive-date=2013-02-17|access-date=2013-04-18|publisher=NRO}}</ref> Atlas did not achieve the intended orbit, but payload compensated for shortfall. NRO declared the mission a success.<ref name="sfn-20070816">{{cite web|date=16 August 2007|title=Mission Status Center |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av009/status.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221144906/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av009/status.html|archive-date=2014-02-21|access-date=2013-02-28|publisher=Spaceflight Now}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-06-15 |title=NRO satellite successfully launched aboard Atlas V |url=https://www.nro.gov/Portals/65/documents/news/press/2007/2007-01.pdf |website=www.NRO.gov|access-date=19 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-27 |title=ULA readies Atlas V for launch of NROL-79 reconnaissance satellite |url=https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/ula/ula-readies-atlas-v-for-launch-of-nrol-79-reconnaissance-satellite/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=SpaceFlight Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-

| 11
| 11 October 2007<br/>00:22
| 421
| AV-011
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| USA-195 ([[Wideband Global SATCOM|WGS-1]])
| Military comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2007/10/10/united-launch-alliance-atlas-v-successfully-launches-af-wgs-satellite|title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Successfully Launches AF WGS Satellite|date=10 October 2007|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142826/https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2007/10/10/united-launch-alliance-atlas-v-successfully-launches-af-wgs-satellite|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Valve replacement delayed launch.<ref name=valve/>
|-

| 12
| 10 December 2007<br/>22:05
| 401
| AV-015
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA-198]] ([[National Reconnaissance Office|NROL-24]])
| [[National Reconnaissance Office|NRO]] [[reconnaissance satellite]]
| [[Molniya Orbit|Molniya]]
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/2007/12/10/ula-atlas-v-successfully-launches-nro-satellite|title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Successfully Launches NRO Satellite |date=10 December 2007|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143041/https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/2007/12/10/ula-atlas-v-successfully-launches-nro-satellite|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 13
| 13 March 2008<br/>10:02
| 411
| AV-006
| [[Vandenberg Space Force Base|Vandenberg]],<br/>[[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3|SLC-3E]]
| [[USA-200]] (NROL-28)
| NRO reconnaissance satellite
| Molniya
| {{Success}}<ref name=av006>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2008/03/13/ula-inaugural-atlas-v-west-coast-launch-a-success|title=United Launch Alliance Inaugural Atlas V West Coast Launch a Success|date=13 March 2008|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141813/https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2008/03/13/ula-inaugural-atlas-v-west-coast-launch-a-success|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| First Atlas V launch from Vandenberg.<ref name=av006/>
|-

| 14
| 14 April 2008<br/>20:12
| 421
| AV-014
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Pendrell Corporation|ICO G1]]
| Commercial comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/43|title=United Launch Alliance Launches Heaviest Commercial Satellite for Atlas V|date=14 April 2008|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
* [[Lockheed Martin]] Commercial Launch Services launch
* Heaviest payload launched by an Atlas until the launch of [[Mobile User Objective System|MUOS-1]] in 2012.
* Largest comsat in the world at time of launch until the launch of [[TerreStar-1]] in 2009 by [[Ariane 5]] and then [[Telstar 19V]] on 21 July 2018 by [[Falcon 9]].
|-

| 15
| 4 April 2009<br/>00:31
| 421
| AV-016
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA-204]] (WGS-2)
| Military comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/23|title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Successfully Launches AF WGS-2 Satellite|date=3 April 2009|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 16
| 18 June 2009<br/>21:32
| 401
| AV-020
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Lunar Precursor Robotic Program|LRO/LCROSS]]
| Lunar exploration
| [[High Earth orbit|HEO]] to [[Lunar orbit|Lunar]]
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/21|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Moon Mission for NASA|date=18 June 2009|publisher=United Launch Alliance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| First Centaur stage to impact on the Moon.
|-

| 17
| 8 September 2009<br/>21:35
| 401
| AV-018
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| USA-207 (Palladium At Night - PAN)
| Military comsat<ref name=av018>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av018/|title=Clues about mystery payload emerge soon after launch|date=8 September 2009|publisher=Spaceflight Now |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427025125/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av018/|archive-date=2014-04-27}}</ref>
| GTO<ref name=av018/>
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/15|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches PAN Satellite|date=8 September 2009|publisher=United Launch Alliance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| The Centaur upper stage fragmented in orbit about 24 March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/atlas-v-rocket-debris-video.html|title=Rocket Stage Launched 10 Years Ago Disintegrates into Trail of Space Junk (Video)|date=17 April 2019|publisher=SPACE.com}}</ref>
|-

| 18
| 18 October 2009<br/>16:12
| 401
| AV-017
| Vandenberg,<br/>SLC-3E
| USA-210 ([[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program|DMSP 5D3-F18]])
| Military weather satellite
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/12|title=United Launch Alliance 600th Atlas Mission Successfully Launches DMSP F18|date=18 October 2009|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 19
| 23 November 2009<br/>06:55
| 431
| AV-024
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Intelsat 14]]
| Commercial comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/10|title=United Launch Alliance Launches 4th 2009 Commercial Mission: Intelsat 14|date=23 November 2009|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| LMCLS launch
|-

| 20
| 11 February 2010<br/>15:23
| 401
| AV-021
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Solar Dynamics Observatory|SDO]]
| [[Solar telescope]]
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/46|title=United Launch Alliance Launches Solar Observatory Mission for NASA|date=11 February 2010|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 21
| 22 April 2010<br/>23:52
| 501
| AV-012
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA-212|USA-212 (X-37B OTV-1)]]
| Military orbital test vehicle
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/48|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches OTV Mission|date=22 April 2010|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| A piece of the external fairing did not break up on impact, but washed up on Hilton Head Island.<ref>[http://www.wistv.com/global/story.asp?s=12541816 Experts weigh in on rocket debris found on Hilton Head] Wistv.com Retrieved on 2011-11-19 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318131637/http://www.wistv.com/global/story.asp?s=12541816|date=18 March 2012}}</ref>
|-

| 22
| 14 August 2010<br/>11:07
| 531
| AV-019
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA-214]] ([[Advanced Extremely High Frequency|AEHF-1]])
| Military comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/54|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First AEHF Mission|date=14 August 2010|publisher=United Launch Alliance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 23
| 21 September 2010<br />04:03
| 501
| AV-025
| Vandenberg, SLC-3E
| [[USA-215]] (NROL-41)
| NRO reconnaissance satellite
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/57|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches National Defense Mission|date=20 September 2010|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 24
| 5 March 2011<br/>22:46
| 501
| AV-026
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA-226|USA-226 (X-37B OTV-2)]]
| Military orbital test vehicle
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/66/|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Second OTV Mission|date=5 March 2011|publisher=United Launch Alliance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 25
| 15 April 2011<br/>04:24
| 411
| AV-027
| Vandenberg, SLC-3E
| [[USA-229]] (NROL-34)
| NRO reconnaissance satellite
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av027>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/69|title=ULA Successfully Launches Fifth NRO Mission in Seven Months|date=14 April 2011|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 26
| 7 May 2011<br/>18:10
| 401
| AV-022
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Space-Based Infrared System|USA-230 (SBIRS GEO-1)]]
| Missile Warning satellite
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av022>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/70/|title=United Launch Alliance Marks 50th Successful Launch by delivering the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Satellite to orbit for the U.S. Air Force|date=7 May 2011|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 27
| 5 August 2011<br/>16:25
| 551
| AV-029
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]]
| [[Jupiter]] orbiter
| Hyperbolic to<br>[[Jupiter|Jovicentric]]
| {{Success}}<ref name=juno>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/78/|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Juno Spacecraft on Five-Year Journey to study Jupiter |date=5 August 2011|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 28
| 26 November 2011<br/>15:02
| 541
| AV-028
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Mars Science Laboratory]] (MSL)
| [[Mars rover]]
| Hyperbolic<br>(Mars landing)
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av028/|title=Mars Science Laboratory begins cruise to red planet|last=Harwood|first=William|date=2011-11-26|publisher=Spaceflight Now |access-date=2011-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427010412/http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av028/|archive-date=2014-04-27}}</ref>
| First launch of the 541 configuation<ref>{{cite web|title=Challenge of Getting to Mars|url=https://www.youtube.com/jplnews#p/u/6/CC2RN8LBHRA|work=Chapter 4: Launching Curiosity|publisher=NASA JPL|access-date=2016-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718233555/http://www.youtube.com/jplnews#p/u/6/CC2RN8LBHRA|archive-date=2013-07-18|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><br>Centaur entered orbit around the [[Sun]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Myslewski |first=Rik |date=2011-11-26 |title=US Martian nuke-truck launches without a hitch, but... |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/26/nasa_msl_launch/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527132116/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/26/nasa_msl_launch/ |archive-date=2012-05-27 |website=[[The Register]]}}</ref>
|-

| 29
| 24 February 2012<br/>22:15
| 551
| AV-030
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Mobile User Objective System|MUOS-1]]
| Military comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av030>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/97/|title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket, with 200th Centaur, Successfully Launches Mobile User Objective System-1 Mission|date=24 February 2012|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
* 200th Centaur launch<ref name="av030_sfn">{{cite web |author=Ray |first=Justin |date=9 February 2012 |title=Landmark launch in rocketry: Centaur set for Flight 200 |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av030/centaur/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427030939/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av030/centaur/ |archive-date=2014-04-27 |publisher=Spaceflight Now}}</ref>
* Heaviest payload launched by an Atlas until launch of MUOS-2
|-

| 30
| 4 May 2012<br/>18:42
| 531
| AV-031
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA-235]] ([[Advanced Extremely High Frequency|AEHF-2]])
| Military comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite news|title=AEHF-2 handed over to the USAF after completing on-orbit testing
|first1=William|last1=Graham|first2=Chris|last2=Bergin|date=16 November 2012|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/11/aehf-2-handed-usaf-after-completing-on-orbit-testing/|access-date=12 November 2022|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 31
| 20 June 2012<br/>12:28
| 401
| AV-023
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA-236]] (NROL-38)
| NRO reconnaissance satellite
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>[http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av023/status.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220093258/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av023/status.html |publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=20 December 2013}}</ref>
| 50th [[Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle|EELV]] launch
|-

| 32
| 30 August 2012<br/>08:05
| 401
| AV-032
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Van Allen Probes]] (RBSP)
| [[Van Allen Belts]] exploration
| HEO
| {{Success}}<ref>[http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/117/ United Launch Alliance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/117/ |date=7 December 2013}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 33
| 13 September 2012<br/>21:39
| 401
| AV-033
| Vandenberg, SLC-3E
| [[USA-238]] (NROL-36)
| NRO reconnaissance satellites
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/09/uatlas-v-launch-nrol-36-vandenberg/|title=ULA Atlas V finally launches with NROL-36|last=Graham|first=William|date=13 September 2012 |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|access-date=2012-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216012104/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/09/uatlas-v-launch-nrol-36-vandenberg/|archive-date=2013-12-16}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 34
| 11 December 2012<br/>18:03
| 501
| AV-034
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA-240|USA-240 (X-37B OTV-3)]]
| Military orbital test vehicle
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av034>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/127/|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Third X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the Air Force |date=11 December 2012|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 35
| 31 January 2013<br/>01:48
| 401
| AV-036
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[TDRS-11|TDRS-K]] (TDRS-11)
| Data relay satellite
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av036>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/128/|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite|date=31 January 2013|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
| 
|-

| 36
| 11 February 2013<br/>18:02
| 401
| AV-035
| Vandenberg, SLC-3E
| [[Landsat 8]]
| Earth Observation satellite
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av035>{{cite web|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av035/|title=Atlas 5 rocket launch continues legacy of Landsat|author=Justin Ray|url-status=live|access-date=2013-02-11 |publisher=Spaceflight Now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051311/http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av035/|archive-date=2014-04-21}}</ref>
| First West Coast Atlas V Launch for [[NASA]]
|-

|37
|19 March 2013<br/>21:21
|401
|AV-037
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-241]] ([[Space-Based Infrared System|SBIRS GEO 2]])
|Missile Warning satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av037>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/131/|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Second Space-Based Infrared System SBIRS Satellite to Orbit for the U.S. Air Force|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-03-20|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/131/ |archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
|-

|38
|15 May 2013<br />21:38
|401
|AV-039
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-242]] ([[GPS Block IIF|GPS IIF-4]])
|Navigation satellite
|MEO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av039>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/139/|title=ULA Launches 70th Successful Mission in 77 Months with the Launch of the GPS IIF-4 Satellite for the Air Force|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-05-15|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/139/|archive-date=2013-12-07 }}</ref>
|First GPS satellite launched by an Atlas V
|-

| 39
| 19 July 2013<br/>13:00
| 551
| AV-040
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Mobile User Objective System|MUOS-2]]
| Military comsat
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av040>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/146/|title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Mobile User Objective System-2 Mission for U.S. Navy|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-07-19|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/146/|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
|-
|40
|18 September 2013<br />08:10
|531
|AV-041
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-246]] (AEHF-3)
|Military comsat
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av041>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/154/|title=United Launch Alliance Marks 75th Successful Launch by Delivering the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-3 Satellite to Orbit for the U.S. Air Force|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-09-18|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/154/|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
|-

|41
|18 November 2013<br/>18:28
|401
|AV-038
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[MAVEN]]
|[[Mars]] orbiter
|Hyperbolic to<br/>Areocentric
| {{Success}}<ref name=av038>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/158/|title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches MAVEN mission on Journey to the Red Planet |url-status=dead|access-date=2013-11-19|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/158/|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
|-

| 42
| 6 December 2013<br/>07:14:30
| 501
| AV-042
| Vandenberg, SLC-3E
| [[USA-247]] (NROL-39)
| NRO reconnaissance satellite
| Low Earth orbit
| {{Success}}<ref name=av042>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/163/|title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-12-06|publisher=ULA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/163/|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
|-

|43
|24 January 2014<br/>02:33
|401
|AV-043
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[TDRS-L]] (TDRS-12)
|Data relay satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/165/ |title=United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite payload |date=23 January 2014|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
|-

|44
|3 April 2014<br/>14:46
|401
|AV-044
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[USA-249]] ([[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program|DMSP-5D3 F19]])
|Military weather satellite
||Low Earth orbit
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/170/|title=United Launch Alliance Marks 80th Successful Launch by Delivering Air Force's Weather Satellite to Orbit|date=3 April 2014|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|50th RD-180 launch
|-

|45
|10 April 2014<br/>17:45
|541
|AV-045
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-250]] (NROL-67)
|NRO reconnaissance satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av045>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/171/|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Second Mission in Just Seven Days|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-04-11|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/171/|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
|
|-

|46
|22 May 2014<br />13:09
|401
|AV-046
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-252]] (NROL-33)
|NRO reconnaissance satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-NROL33.aspx|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Four Missions in Just Seven Weeks|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-05-22|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522195627/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-NROL33.aspx|archive-date=2014-05-22}}</ref>
|
|-

|47
|2 August 2014<br />03:23
|401
|AV-048
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-256]] ([[GPS Block IIF|GPS IIF-7]])
|Navigation satellite
|MEO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av048>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-gps-iif-7.aspx|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Two Rockets in Just Four Days|access-date=2014-08-03|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085101/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-gps-iif-7.aspx|archive-date=2014-08-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-

|48
|13 August 2014<br/>18:30
|401
|AV-047
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[WorldView-3]]
|Earth imaging satellite
||Low Earth orbit
| {{Success}}<ref name=av047>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-atlas-v-launches-worldview3-satellite.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Atlas+V+Launches+WorldView-3+Satellite+for+DigitalGlobe |title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Launches WorldView-3 Satellite for DigitalGlobe|access-date=2014-08-13|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814025937/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-atlas-v-launches-worldview3-satellite.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Atlas+V+Launches+WorldView-3+Satellite+for+DigitalGlobe |archive-date=2014-08-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-

|49
|17 September 2014<br/>00:10
|401
|AV-049
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|USA-257 ([[CLIO (satellite)|CLIO]])
|Military comsat<ref name=av049_nsf>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/09/ula-atlas-v-secretive-clio-mission/|title=ULA Atlas V successfully launches secretive CLIO mission|date=17 September 2014|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|access-date=17 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919005030/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/09/ula-atlas-v-secretive-clio-mission/|archive-date=19 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
|GTO<ref name=av049_nsf/>
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-launches-its-60th-mission-from-cape.aspx |title=United Launch Alliance Launches Its 60th Mission from Cape Canaveral |date=17 September 2014 |publisher=United Launch Alliance |access-date=17 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921200051/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-launches-its-60th-mission-from-cape.aspx |archive-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|The Centaur upper stage fragmented on 31 August 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/pdfs/odqnv22i4.pdf|title=Orbital Debris Quarterly News|publisher=NASA}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
|-

|50
|29 October 2014<br/>17:21
|401
|AV-050
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-258]] ([[GPS Block IIF|GPS IIF-8]])
|Navigation satellite
|MEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-atlas-v-launches-gps-iif-8.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+50th+Atlas+V+Rocket|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches 50th Atlas V Rocket|date=29 October 2014|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=30 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030114519/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-atlas-v-launches-gps-iif-8.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+50th+Atlas+V+Rocket|archive-date=30 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|50th Atlas V launch
|-

|51
|13 December 2014<br/>03:19
|541
|AV-051
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[USA-259]] (NROL-35)
|NRO reconnaissance satellite
||Molniya
| {{Success}}<ref name=av051>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-atlas-v-successfully-launches-nrol-35.aspx |title=United Launch Alliance Atlas V Successfully Launches Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office|access-date=2014-12-13|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213152335/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-atlas-v-successfully-launches-nrol-35.aspx |archive-date=2014-12-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|First use of the [[RL10|RL-10C]] engine on the Centaur stage
|-

|52
|21 January 2015<br/>01:04
|551
|AV-052
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Mobile User Objective System|MUOS-3]]
|Military comsat
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av052>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-navys-muos3.aspx |title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System-3 |access-date=2015-01-21 |publisher=United Launch Alliance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121063714/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-navys-muos3.aspx |archive-date=2015-01-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-

|53
|13 March 2015<br />02:44
|421
|AV-053
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission|MMS]]
|Magnetosphere research satellites
|HEO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av053>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nasa-mms.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+Solar+Probes+to+Study+Space+Weather+for+NASA |title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Solar Probes to Study Space Weather for NASA|access-date=2015-03-15|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315035930/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nasa-mms.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+Solar+Probes+to+Study+Space+Weather+for+NASA |archive-date=2015-03-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-

|54
|20 May 2015<br/>15:05
|501
|AV-054
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-261]] (X-37B OTV-4/AFSPC-5)
|Military orbital test vehicle
||LEO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av054>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-afspc5.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+X-37B+Orbital+Test+Vehicle+for+the+U.S.+Air+Force |title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the U.S. Air Force|access-date=2015-05-21|publisher=United Launch Alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521175411/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-afspc5.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+X-37B+Orbital+Test+Vehicle+for+the+U.S.+Air+Force |archive-date=2015-05-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-

|55
|15 July 2015<br/>15:36
|401
|AV-055
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-262]] ([[GPS Block IIF|GPS IIF-10]])
|Navigation satellite
|MEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-gpsiif10.aspx |title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Global Positioning Satellite for the U.S. Air Force |date=15 July 2015 |publisher=United Launch Alliance |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716080341/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-gpsiif10.aspx |archive-date=16 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-

|56
|2 September 2015<br />10:18
|551
|AV-056
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Mobile User Objective System|MUOS-4]]
|Military comsat
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-muos4.aspx |title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System-4 |date=2 September 2015 |publisher=United Launch Alliance |access-date=2 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905061917/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-muos4.aspx |archive-date=5 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
|
|-

|57
|2 October 2015<br />10:28
|421
|AV-059
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|Morelos-3
|Comsat
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-launches-morelos-3.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Reaches+100+Successful+Missions+with+Morelos-3+Satellite|title=United Launch Alliance Reaches 100 Successful Missions with Morelos-3 Satellite|date=2 October 2015|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=1 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005012547/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-launches-morelos-3.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Reaches+100+Successful+Missions+with+Morelos-3+Satellite|archive-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|
|-

|58
|8 October 2015<br />12:49
|401
|AV-058
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[USA-264]] (NROL-55)
|NRO reconnaissance satellites
|LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-NROL55.aspx|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office|date=8 October 2015|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=8 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011005945/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-NROL55.aspx|archive-date=11 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-

|59
|31 October 2015<br />16:13
|401
|AV-060
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-265]] ([[GPS Block IIF|GPS IIF-11]])
|Navigation satellite
|MEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-gps-iif11.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+GPS+IIF-11+Satellite+for+U.S.+Air+Force|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches GPS IIF-11 Satellite for U.S. Air Force|date=31 October 2015|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=1 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107112140/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-gps-iif11.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+GPS+IIF-11+Satellite+for+U.S.+Air+Force|archive-date=7 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-

|60
|6 December 2015<br />21:44
|401
|AV-061
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Cygnus CRS OA-4]]
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] logistics spacecraft
|LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-oa4-cygnus.aspx|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches OA-4 Cygnus to International Space Station|date=6 December 2015|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208092550/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-oa4-cygnus.aspx|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|First Atlas rocket used to directly support the ISS program
|-

|61
|5 February 2016<br />13:38
|401
|AV-057
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-266]] ([[GPS Block IIF|GPS IIF-12]])
|Navigation satellite
|MEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-gps-iif12.aspx|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches GPS IIF-12 Satellite for U.S. Air Force|date=5 February 2016|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207205457/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-gps-iif12.aspx|archive-date=7 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-

|62
|23 March 2016<br />03:05
|401
|AV-064
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Cygnus CRS OA-6]]
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] logistics spacecraft
|LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-oa-6.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+7%2c745+Pounds+of+Cargo+to+International+Space+Station|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches 7,745 Pounds of Cargo to International Space Station|date=22 March 2016|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=28 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331032611/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-oa-6.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+7%2C745+Pounds+of+Cargo+to+International+Space+Station|archive-date=31 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|First stage shut down early but did not affect mission outcome
|-

|63
|24 June 2016<br />14:30
|551
|AV-063
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Mobile User Objective System|MUOS-5]]
|Military comsat
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-muos5-satellite.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+MUOS-5+Satellite+for+the+U.S+Air+Force+and+U.S.+Navy&archived=True&Category=all&Page=1|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches MUOS-5 Satellite for the U.S Air Force and U.S. Navy|date=24 June 2016|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820012822/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-muos5-satellite.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+MUOS-5+Satellite+for+the+U.S+Air+Force+and+U.S.+Navy&archived=True&Category=all&Page=1|archive-date=20 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-

|64
|28 July 2016<br />12:37
|421
|AV-065
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-267]] (NROL-61)
|NRO reconnaissance satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nrol61.aspx|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-61 Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office|date=28 July 2016|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731194848/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nrol61.aspx|archive-date=31 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|
|-

|65
|8 September 2016<br />23:05
|411
|AV-067
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[OSIRIS-REx]]
|Asteroid sample return
|Heliocentric
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-osiris-rex.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+OSIRIS-REx+Spacecraft+for+NASA|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft for NASA|date=8 September 2016|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915094151/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-osiris-rex.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+OSIRIS-REx+Spacecraft+for+NASA|archive-date=15 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-

|66
|11 November 2016<br />18:30
|401
|AV-062
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[WorldView-4]] (GeoEye-2) + 7 NRO cubesats
|Earth Imaging, cubesats
|[[Sun synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-worldview4.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+WorldView-4+for+DigitalGlobe|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches WorldView-4 for DigitalGlobe|date=11 November 2016|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=11 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112081533/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-worldview4.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+WorldView-4+for+DigitalGlobe|archive-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|LMCLS launch
|-

|67
|19 November 2016<br />23:42
|541
|AV-069
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[GOES-16|GOES-R]] (GOES-16)
|Meteorology
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-goesr-satellite.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+GOES-R+Satellite+for+NASA+and+NOAA|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches GOES-R Satellite for NASA and NOAA|date=19 November 2016|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120151711/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-goesr-satellite.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+GOES-R+Satellite+for+NASA+and+NOAA|archive-date=20 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|100th [[Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle|EELV]] launch
|-

|68
|18 December 2016<br />19:13
|431
|AV-071
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[EchoStar]] 19 (Jupiter 2)
| Commercial comsat
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-echostar-xix.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+EchoStar+XIX+Satellite+|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches EchoStar XIX Satellite|date=18 December 2016|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223133924/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-echostar-xix.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+EchoStar+XIX+Satellite+|archive-date=23 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|LMCLS launch 
Last flight of the 431 configuration
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|69
|21 January 2017<br />00:42
|401
|AV-066
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-273|USA-273 (SBIRS GEO-3)]]
|Missile Warning satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-sbirs-geo-flight-3.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+SBIRS+GEO+Flight+3+Satellite+to+Orbit+for+U.S.+Air+Force|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches SBIRS GEO Flight 3 Satellite to Orbit for U.S. Air Force|date=20 January 2017|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=21 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001510/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-sbirs-geo-flight-3.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+SBIRS+GEO+Flight+3+Satellite+to+Orbit+for+U.S.+Air+Force|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-

|70
|1 March 2017<br />17:49
|401
|AV-068
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[List of NRO Launches|USA-274 (NROL-79)]]
|NRO Reconnaissance Satellite
|LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nrol79.aspx|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-79 Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office|website=Ulalaunch.com|access-date=2017-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060312/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nrol79.aspx|archive-date=2017-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-

|71
|18 April 2017<br />15:11
|401
|AV-070
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Cygnus CRS OA-7]]
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] logistics spacecraft
|LEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Klotz|first1=Irene|title=Atlas V Rocket Launches Private Cygnus Cargo Ship to Space Station|url=http://www.space.com/36499-atlas-v-rocket-launches-cygnus-cargo-ship-oa7.html|access-date=18 April 2017|publisher=SPACE.com|date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419101934/http://www.space.com/36499-atlas-v-rocket-launches-cygnus-cargo-ship-oa7.html|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-

|72
|18 August 2017<br />12:29
|401
|AV-074
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[TDRS-M]] (TDRS-13)
|Data relay satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nasas-tdrsm.aspx|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NASA's TDRS-M Satellite|website=Ulalaunch.com|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819015949/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nasas-tdrsm.aspx|archive-date=19 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-

|73
|24 September 2017<br />05:49
|541
|AV-072
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[List of NRO Launches|USA-278 (NROL-42)]]
|NRO Reconnaissance Satellite
||Molniya
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nrol42.aspx|title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+NROL-42+Mission+for+the+National+Reconnaissance+Office|date=24 September 2017|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924182216/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-nrol42.aspx|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-

|74
|15 October 2017<br />07:28
|421
|AV-075
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[List of NRO Launches|USA-279 (NROL-52)]]
|NRO Reconnaissance satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/ula-atlas-v-nrol-52-launch-cape-canaveral/ |title=Atlas V finally launches with NROL-52 |work=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]] |first=William |last=Graham |date=15 October 2017 |access-date=15 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013220333/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/ula-atlas-v-nrol-52-launch-cape-canaveral/ |archive-date=13 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|-

|75
|20 January 2018<br />00:48
|411
|AV-076
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-282|USA-282 (SBIRS GEO-4)]]
|Missile Warning satellite
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-sbirs-geo-flight-4.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+SBIRS+GEO+Flight+4+Mission+for+the+U.S.+Air+Force |title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches SBIRS GEO Flight 4 Mission for the U.S. Air Force |work=United Launch Alliance |date=20 January 2018 |access-date=20 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120182134/http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-successfully-launches-sbirs-geo-flight-4.aspx?title=United+Launch+Alliance+Successfully+Launches+SBIRS+GEO+Flight+4+Mission+for+the+U.S.+Air+Force |archive-date=2018-01-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-

|76
|1 March 2018<br />22:02
|541
|AV-077
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite|GOES-S]] (GOES-17)
|Meteorology
|GTO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/missions-details/2018/03/02/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-goes-s-weather-satellite-for-nasa-and-noaa |title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches GOES-S Weather Satellite for NASA and NOAA |work=United Launch Alliance |date=1 March 2018 |access-date=1 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302164127/https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/missions-details/2018/03/02/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-goes-s-weather-satellite-for-nasa-and-noaa |archive-date=2 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Expended the 100th AJ-60 SRB. The Centaur upper stage fragmented in orbit on 6 Sept 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://x.com/sling_shot_aero/status/1832071044221600129 |title=Slingshot Orbital Alert|work=X (formerly Twitter) }}</ref>
|-
|77
|14 April 2018<br />23:13
|551
|AV-079
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Air Force Space Command|AFSPC-11]]
|Military comsat
|GEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2018/04/15/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-afspc-11-mission-for-the-u.s.-air-force|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches AFSPC-11 Mission for the U.S. Air Force|date=15 April 2018|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=15 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416012056/https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2018/04/15/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-afspc-11-mission-for-the-u.s.-air-force|archive-date=16 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-

|78
|5 May 2018<br />11:05
|401
|AV-078
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[InSight]] [[MarCO]]
|[[Mars]] lander; 2 CubeSats
|Hyperbolic<br>(Mars landing)
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2018/05/05/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-west-coast-s-first-interplanetary-mission-for-nasa|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches West Coast's First Interplanetary Mission for NASA|date=5 May 2018|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506035650/https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2018/05/05/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-west-coast-s-first-interplanetary-mission-for-nasa|archive-date=6 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|First interplanetary mission from [[Vandenberg Space Force Base|Vandenberg]]; first interplanetary CubeSats.
|-

|79
|17 October 2018,<br>04:15
|551
|AV-073
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-288]] ([[Advanced Extremely High Frequency|AEHF-4]])
|Military comsat
|GTO
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2018/10/17/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-aehf-4-mission|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches AEHF-4 Mission|date=17 October 2018|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203050/https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2018/10/17/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-aehf-4-mission|archive-date=17 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://ml-fd.caf-fac.ca/en/2018/11/21999|title = The Maple Leaf|date = 16 September 2020|access-date = 26 November 2018|archive-date = 16 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210116234427/https://ml-fd.caf-fac.ca/en/2018/11/21999|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|250th Centaur. The Centaur upper stage fragmented in orbit on 6 Apr 2019.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20190028811 |title=Orbital Debris Quarterly News |journal=NASA Orbital |date=August 2019 |volume=23 |issue=3 |publisher=NASA|last1=Anz-Meador |first1=Phillip D. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/18SPCS/status/1121184362559496192 |title=Breakup of Atlas 5 Centaur}}</ref> 
|-

|80
|8 August 2019,<br>10:13
|551
|AV-083
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-292]] ([[Advanced Extremely High Frequency|AEHF-5]])
|Military comsat
|GTO
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2019/08/08/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-communications-satellite-for-the-u.s.-air-force-space-and-missile-systems-center|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Communications Satellite for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center|date=8 August 2019|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref>
|
|-

|81
|20 December 2019,<br>11:36
|N22
|AV-080 
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Boeing CST-100 Starliner|Starliner]] [[Boeing Orbital Flight Test|Boeing OFT]]
|Uncrewed orbital test flight
|LEO ([[International Space Station|ISS]])
|{{Success}}
|First flight of a Dual-Engine Centaur on Atlas V. First orbital test flight of Starliner. Planned to visit ISS, but an anomaly with the Starliner vehicle left the spacecraft in too low an orbit to do so. The Atlas V rocket performed as expected and thus the mission is listed as successful here.<ref name="CST-100 Failure">{{cite web| url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/starliner-mission-shortening-failure-successful-launch/ |title=Starliner suffers mission-shortening failure after successful launch |date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
|-

|82
|10 February 2020,<br>04:03
|411
|AV-087 
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Solar Orbiter]]
|Solar heliophysics orbiter
|Heliocentric
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2020/02/10/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-solar-orbiter-to-study-the-sun|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Solar Orbiter to Study the Sun|date=9 February 2020|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
|Last Flight of the 411 configuration
|-

|83
|26 March 2020,<br>20:18
|551
|AV-086
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[USA-298]] [[Advanced Extremely High Frequency|(AEHF-6)]]
|Military comsat
|GTO
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2020/03/27/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-first-national-security-space-mission-for-the-u.s.-space-force|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First National Security Space Mission for the U.S. Space Force|date=26 March 2020|publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]]|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
|First ever flight for the [[United States Space Force|U.S. Space Force]]. 500th flight of the RL10 engine
|-

|84
|17 May 2020,<br>13:14
|501
|AV-081
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|USA-299 ([[USSF-7]] ([[Boeing X-37|X-37B]] OTV-6, Falcon-Sat-8))
|X-37 military spaceplane; [[USAFA]] sat.
|LEO
|{{Success}}<ref name=OTV-6>{{cite web |url=https://ula.bsshost.me/missions/missions-details/2020/05/17/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-the-sixth-orbital-test-vehicle-for-the-u.s.-space-force|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Sixth Orbital Test Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force |publisher=[[United Launch Alliance]] |date=17 May 2020  |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref>
|Sixth flight of X-37B; FalconSat-8
|-

|85
|30 July 2020,<br>11:50
|541
|AV-088
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Mars 2020]]
|[[Mars rover]]
|Heliocentric
|{{Success}}<ref name="Strickland">{{cite news |last1=Strickland |first1=Ashley |title=Mars launch: NASA sends Perseverance rover to space |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/world/mars-perseverance-rover-launch-scn/index.html |access-date=30 July 2020 |work=[[CNN]] |date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730170129/https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/world/mars-perseverance-rover-launch-scn/index.html |archive-date=30 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Launch of the [[Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance rover]]
|-

|86
|13 November 2020,<br>22:32
|531
|AV-090
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[List of USA satellites|USA 310]]<br/>([[List of NRO launches|NROL-101]])
|NRO Reconnaissance Satellite
|LEO
|{{Success}}<ref name=NROL-101>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2020/11/14/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-nrol-101-mission-in-support-of-national-security|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-101 Mission in Support of National Security|publisher=United Launch Alliance|date=14 November 2020|access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref>
| First usage of new [[Graphite-Epoxy Motor|GEM 63]] [[solid rocket booster]]s.
|-

| 87
| 18 May 2021,<br>17:37
| 421
| AV-091
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[USA 315]]<br/>([[SBIRS-GEO]] 5)
| Missile warning satellite
| GTO
| {{Success}}<ref name=SBIRS5>{{cite web|url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2021/05/18/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-sbirs-geo-flight-5-mission-in-support-of-national-security|title=United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches SBIRS GEO Flight 5 Mission in Support of National Security|publisher=United Launch Alliance|date=18 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>
| First usage of [[RL10|RL-10C-1-1]] upper stage engine. Mission was successful, but unexpected vibration was observed in the new engine. Further use of this engine variant is on hold pending better understanding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/ula-delays-further-use-of-enhanced-upper-stage-engine-pending-studies/|title=ULA delays further use of enhanced upper-stage engine pending studies |date=23 June 2021 |publisher=SpaceNews}}</ref>
|-

| 88
| 27 September 2021<br/>18:12
| 401
| AV-092
| Vandenberg, SLC-3E
| [[Landsat 9]]
| Earth Observation satellite
| LEO
| {{Success}}<ref name=av092>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/09/nasa-landsat-9-launch/|title=NASA's Landsat 9 successfully launched aboard Atlas V from Vandenberg|author=Mihir Neal and Lee Kanayama|date=27 September 2021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-27|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927152701/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/09/nasa-landsat-9-launch/ |archive-date=27 September 2021 }}</ref>
| 
|-

| 89
| 16 October 2021<br/>09:34
| 401
| AV-096
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]
| Space probe
| Heliocentric
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Warren|first=Haygen|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/10/nasa-ula-launch-lucy/|title=NASA, ULA launch historic Lucy mission|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|date=15 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
|
|-

| 90
| 7 December 2021<br/>10:19
| 551
| AV-093
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Space Test Program|STP-3]]
| Technology demonstration
| GEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Colin |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/12/ula-atlas-v-launch/ |title=ULA launches Atlas V on long duration mission for Space Force |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=7 December 2021 |access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref>
| Longest flight ever by an Atlas V Rocket
|-

| 91
| 21 January 2022<br/>19:00
| 511
| AV-084
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Air Force Space Command|USSF-8]]<br/>[[Space Based Space Surveillance|(GSSAP 5 & 6)]]
| Space Surveillance
| GEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Graham |first=William |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/01/ussf-satellite-inspection/ |title=ULA's Atlas V launches satellite-inspection mission for Space Force |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]]|date=21 January 2022 }}</ref>
|First and only planned flight of the 511 configuration
|-

| 92
| 1 March 2022<br/>21:38
| 541
| AV-095
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[GOES-T]]
| Meteorology
| GEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Kanayama |first=Lee |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/03/goes-t-launch/ |title=NOAA, NASA's GOES-T weather satellite launches on ULA Atlas V |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=1 March 2022 |access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref>
|
|-

| 93
| 19 May 2022<br/>22:54
| N22
| AV-082
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2|Boe OFT-2]]
| Uncrewed orbital test flight
| LEO (ISS)
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Graham |first=William |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/05/starliner-oft2-launch/ |title=Starliner OFT-2 launch makes it to orbit, heading to ISS |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=19 May 2022 |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>
|
|-

| 94
| 1 July 2022<br/>23:15
| 541
| AV-094
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[United States Space Force|USSF]]-12 (WFOV)
| Early warning
| GEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Graham |first=William |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/07/atlas-v-ussf-12/ |title=Atlas V launches two experimental military satellites on USSF-12 mission |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=1 July 2022 |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
|Last flight of the 541 configuration
100th flight of an [[RD-180]] engine
|-

| 95
| 4 August 2022<br/>10:29
| 421
| AV-097
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[List of USA satellites|USA-336]] ([[SBIRS|SBIRS GEO-6]])
| Missile warning satellite
| GEO
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Graham |first=William |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/08/atlas-final-sbirs-geo/ |title=ULA's Atlas V launches final SBIRS GEO missile detection satellite |date=4 August 2022 |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]]}}</ref>
|Last flight of the 421 configuration
|-

|96
|4 October 2022 21:36
|531
|AV-099
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[List of SES satellites|SES-20 & SES-21]]
|Communication Satellites
|GEO
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Kanayama |first=Lee |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/final-atlas-v-531/ |title=Final Atlas V 531 launches dual SES-20 and SES-21 satellites |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=4 October 2022 |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
|Last flight of the 531 configuration
|-

|97
|10 November 2022 09:49
|401
|AV-098
|Vandenberg, SLC-3E
|[[JPSS-2]] / [[LOFTID]]
|Environmental Satellites
|SSO
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Gebhardt|first=Chris |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/11/jpss-2-launch/ |title=Atlas rocket bids farewell to California as ULA readies for Vulcan |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=9 November 2022 |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref>
|Last flight of the 401 configuration and last Atlas&nbsp;V launch from VSFB. Final flight of an Atlas V with a 4-meter fairing. 100th use of Single Engine Centaur.
|-

|98
|10 September 2023 12:47
|551
|AV-102
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[List of USA satellites|USA-346]]<br/>[[List of USA satellites|USA-347]]<br/>[[List of USA satellites|USA-348]]<br/>([[National Reconnaissance Office|NROL-107]])
|NRO domain awareness satellites
|GEO
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Atkinson |first=Ian |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/09/ula-nrol-107/ |title=ULA conducts NROL-107 launch, last Atlas NRO mission |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=10 September 2023 |access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref>
|Final NRO launch on an Atlas V.
|-

|99
|6 October 2023 18:06
|501
|AV-104
|Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
|[[Kuiper Systems|KuiperSat-1]] & [[Kuiper Systems|KuiperSat-2]]
|Experimental Internet Satellites
|LEO 
|{{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Mike |first=Wall |url=https://www.space.com/atlas-v-rocket-launches-first-two-project-kuiper-satellites-amazon |title=Atlas V rocket launches Amazon's 1st 2 internet satellites to orbit (video) |work=Space.com |date=6 October 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref>
|Project Kuiper Protoflight mission carrying two demonstrator satellites. Last flight of the 501 configuration.
|-

| 100
| 5 June 2024 14:52
| N22
| AV-085
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Boeing Crew Flight Test|Boe-CFT]]
| Crewed orbital test flight
| LEO (ISS)
| {{Success}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Elizabeth |first=Howell |url=https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-crew-flight-test-launch |title=Boeing's Starliner launches astronauts for 1st time in historic liftoff (photos, video) |work=Space.com |date=5 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>
| The first crewed launch of an Atlas V rocket with [[Sunita Williams]] and [[Barry E. Wilmore]] onboard.
|- 

| 101
| 30 July 2024, 10:45
| 551
| AV-101
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[List of USA satellites|USA-396]]<br/>[[List of USA satellites|USA-397]]<br/>[[List of USA satellites|USA-398]]<br/>([[Space Operations Command|USSF-51]])
| Unknown
| GEO
| {{success}}<ref name="nsf-ussfs51">{{cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/07/ussf-51/|title=Atlas V has launched on its last ever national security mission|first=Justin|last=Davenport|date=29 July 2024|access-date=29 July 2024|website=NasaSpaceFlight}}</ref>
| colspan=8 | First launch for ULA under [[National Security Space Launch]] program. Launch vehicle transferred from [[Vulcan Centaur]] to Atlas V.

|-
| 102
| 28 April 2025, 23:01
| 551
| AV-107
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Kuiper Systems|KuiperSat]] × 27 (KA{{Nbhyph}}01)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2025 |title=Here's what to expect from Project Kuiper's first full-scale satellite launch |url=https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/project-kuiper-satellite-internet-first-launch |access-date=7 April 2025 |website=Amazon}}</ref>
| Internet Satellites
| LEO
| {{Success}}
| colspan=8 | Launch of 27 satellites for internet constellation.

|-
| 103
| 23 June 2025, 10:54
| 551
| AV-105
| Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
| [[Kuiper Systems|KuiperSat]] × 27 (KA{{Nbhyph}}02)
| Internet Satellites
| LEO
| {{Success}}
| colspan=8 | Launch of 27 satellites for internet constellation.
|-
|}

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ULA has stopped selling the Atlas V. It will fly 13 more launches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/264649/20210826/ula-atlas-v-retire-29-missions-boeing-lockheeds-venture-now.htm|title=ULA Atlas V to Retire After 29 Missions, Boeing-Lockheed's Venture Now Stops Sale of Rocket|date=26 August 2021}}</ref>

For planned launches, see [[List of Atlas launches (2020–2029)#Future launches|List of Atlas launches (2020–2029)]].

=== Notable missions ===
The first payload, the [[Hot Bird]] 6 communications satellite, was launched to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on 21 August 2002 by an Atlas V 401.<ref>{{cite web|title=Status: Hotbird 6|url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/563|publisher=NextSpaceFlight.com|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>

On 12 August 2005, the [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] was launched aboard an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle from [[Space Launch Complex 41]] at [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]] (CCAFS). The [[Centaur (rocket stage)|Centaur upper stage]] of the launch vehicle completed its burns over a 56-minute period and placed MRO into an [[Hohmann transfer orbit|interplanetary transfer orbit]] towards Mars.<ref name="mro"/>

On 19 January 2006, [[New Horizons]] was launched by a Lockheed Martin Atlas V 551 rocket. A third stage was added to increase the heliocentric (escape) speed. This was the first launch of the Atlas V 551 configuration with five solid rocket boosters, and the first Atlas V with a third stage.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt Flyby|url=https://solarviews.com/eng/newhorizons.htm|access-date=12 November 2022|publisher=solarviews.com}}</ref>

On 6 December 2015, Atlas V lifted its heaviest payload to date into orbit – a {{cvt|16517|lb}} [[Cygnus spacecraft|Cygnus resupply craft]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus in hot pursuit of space station|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/12/06/atlas-5-rocket-sends-cygnus-in-hot-pursuit-of-space-station/|access-date = 2015-12-07|first=Justin|last=Ray|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212012423/http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/12/06/atlas-5-rocket-sends-cygnus-in-hot-pursuit-of-space-station/|archive-date=2015-12-12|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 8 September 2016, the [[OSIRIS-REx]] Asteroid Sample Return Mission was launched on an Atlas V 411 launch vehicle. It arrived at the asteroid Bennu in December 2018 and departed back to Earth in May 2021 to arrive September 2022 at with a sample ranging from 60 grams to 2 kilograms in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-20 |title=OSIRIS-REx |url=http://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=NASA}}</ref>

Five [[Boeing X-37B]] [[spaceplane]] missions were successfully launched with the Atlas V. The flights are launched on Atlas V 501s from [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station]] in Florida. The X-37B, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft operated by [[United States Air Force|USAF]] that can autonomously conduct landings from orbit to a runway.<ref name=x37bfacts/> The first [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] landing at the [[Space Shuttle]] {{cvt|15000|ft}} runway occurred in December 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle lands at Vandenberg AFB|url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/114795/x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle-lands-at-vandenberg-afb/|date=3 December 2010|publisher=U.S. Air Force|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> Landings occur at both Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral depending on mission requirements.<ref name=x37bfacts>{{cite web|title=X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104539/x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle/#:~:text=All%20five%20missions%20launched%20from,at%20Kennedy%20Space%20Center%2C%20Fla.|publisher=U.S. Air Force|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=10 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210102104/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104539/x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle/#:~:text=All%20five%20missions%20launched%20from,at%20Kennedy%20Space%20Center%2C%20Fla.|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 20 December 2019, the first [[Boeing CST-100 Starliner|Starliner]] crew capsule was launched in [[Boeing Orbital Flight Test|Boe-OFT]] un-crewed test flight. The Atlas V [[launch vehicle]] performed flawlessly but an anomaly with the spacecraft left it in a wrong orbit. The orbit was too low to reach the flight's destination of [[International Space Station|ISS]], and the mission was subsequently cut short.

=== Mission success record ===
In its 100 launches (as of June 2024), starting with its first launch in August 2002, Atlas V has achieved a 100% mission success rate and a 99% vehicle success rate.<ref>{{cite web|date=2019-07-28 |title=ULA delays focused on protecting its 100 percent mission success rate|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/07/ula-delays-protecting-100-percent-success/|access-date=2020-08-30|website=nasaspaceflight.com}}</ref> 

The first anomalous event in the use of the Atlas V launch system occurred on 15 June 2007, when the engine in the Centaur upper stage of an Atlas V shut down early, leaving its payload – a pair of [[National Reconnaissance Office|NROL-30]] ocean [[surveillance satellite]]s – in a lower than intended orbit. The cause of the anomaly was traced to a leaky valve, which allowed fuel to leak during the coast between the first and second burns. The resulting lack of fuel caused the second burn to terminate 4 seconds early.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil/?id=123059386|title=Air Force Issues Second Update Regarding Atlas V Centaur Upper Stage Anomaly Review|publisher=U.S. Air Force|date=2 July 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223105812/http://www.losangeles.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123059386|archive-date=2014-02-23}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> Replacing the valve led to a delay in the next Atlas V launch.<ref name="valve">{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/floridatoday/access/1723299381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+2%2C+2007&author=PATRICK+PETERSON&pub=Florida+Today&edition=&startpage=A.3&desc=Faulty+valve+pushes+back+Atlas+5+launch|title=Faulty valve pushes back Atlas 5 launch |newspaper=Florida Today|first=Patrick|last=Peterson|date=2 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025230355/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/floridatoday/access/1723299381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&date=Sep+2%2C+2007&author=PATRICK+PETERSON&pub=Florida+Today&edition=&startpage=A.3&desc=Faulty+valve+pushes+back+Atlas+5+launch|archive-date=2012-10-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, the customer (the [[National Reconnaissance Office]]) categorized the mission as a success.<ref>{{cite press release|date=15 June 2007|url=http://www.nro.gov/news/press/2007/2007-01.pdf|title=NRO satellite successfully launched aboard Atlas V|publisher=NRO|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217195710/http://www.nro.gov/news/press/2007/2007-01.pdf|archive-date=2013-02-17}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|date=18 June 2007|url=http://www.nro.gov/news/press/2007/2007-02.pdf|title=NROL-30 launch update|publisher=NRO|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217191851/http://www.nro.gov/news/press/2007/2007-02.pdf|archive-date=2013-02-17}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

A flight on 23 March 2016, suffered an underperformance anomaly on the first-stage burn and shut down 5 seconds early. The Centaur proceeded to boost the Orbital Cygnus payload, the heaviest on an Atlas to date, into the intended orbit by using its fuel reserves to make up for the shortfall from the first stage. This longer burn cut short a later Centaur disposal burn.<ref>{{cite press release|date=24 March 2016 |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/03/24/atlas-5-rocket-forced-to-improvise-during-tuesdays-climb-to-orbit/|title=Atlas 5 forced to improvise during Tuesday's climb to orbit|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=28 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328121830/http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/03/24/atlas-5-rocket-forced-to-improvise-during-tuesdays-climb-to-orbit/|archive-date=28 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> An investigation of the incident revealed that this anomaly was due to a fault in the main engine mixture-ratio supply valve, which restricted the flow of fuel to the engine. The investigation and subsequent examination of the valves on upcoming missions led to a delay of the next several launches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/03/new-lineup-plan-spelled-out-for-upcoming-atlas-5-rocket-launches/|title=New lineup spelled out for upcoming Atlas 5 rocket launches from the Cape|last=Ray|first=Justin|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=2016-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507012300/http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/03/new-lineup-plan-spelled-out-for-upcoming-atlas-5-rocket-launches/|archive-date=2016-05-07|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Notable payloads ===
{{Div col|colwidth=20}}
* [[Boeing Starliner]]
* [[Boeing X-37]]
* [[ELaNa]]
* [[Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite]]
* [[Global Positioning System|GPS]]
* [[Inmarsat]]
* [[InSight]]
* [[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]]
* [[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]
* [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]
* [[Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite]]
* [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]
* [[Mars Science Laboratory|Curiosity]]
* [[Mars 2020|Perseverance and Ingenuity]]
* [[MAVEN]]
* [[Mobile User Objective System|MUOS-1 (200th Centaur upper stage launch)]]
* [[New Horizons]]
* [[List of NRO launches|NROL launches]]
* [[OSIRIS-REx]]
* [[Solar Dynamics Observatory]]
* [[Solar Orbiter]]
* [[Space Test Program]]
* [[USA-212]]
{{Div col end}}

== Replacement with Vulcan==
{{main|Vulcan Centaur}}

In 2014, geopolitical and [[Federal government of the United States|U.S.]] [[United States Congress|political]] considerations because of the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Russian annexation of Crimea]] led to an effort to replace the Russian-supplied [[NPO Energomash]] [[RD-180]] engine used on the first-stage booster of the Atlas V. Formal study contracts were issued in June 2014 to a number of U.S. rocket-engine suppliers.<ref name=sn20140917/> The results of those studies led to a decision by ULA to develop the new [[Vulcan Centaur]] launch vehicle to replace the existing Atlas V and the [[Delta IV]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Gruss |first=Mike |date=13 April 2015 |title=ULA's Next Rocket To Be Named Vulcan |url=http://spacenews.com/ulas-next-rocket-to-be-named-vulcan/ |publisher=SpaceNews}}</ref>

Although ULA intended to complete development of Vulcan by 2019, development took longer than expected and the first Vulcan launch was on 8 January 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Belam |first=Martin |date=2024-01-08 |title=Nasa Peregrine 1 launch: Vulcan Centaur rocket carrying Nasa moon lander lifts off in Florida – live updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2024/jan/08/nasa-peregrine-1-launch-rocket-moon-latest-news-updates-live |access-date=2024-01-08 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Explosive test pushes 1st ULA Vulcan rocket launch to at least June, CEO says |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/explosive-test-pushes-1st-ula-vulcan-rocket-launch-to-at-least-june-ceo-says/ar-AA1a9YhV |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=MSN |language=en-US}}</ref>

In September 2014, ULA announced a partnership with [[Blue Origin]] to develop the [[BE-4]] [[LOX]]/[[Liquid methane|methane]] engine to replace the RD-180 on a new [[Booster (rocketry)|first-stage booster]]. As the Atlas V core is designed around RP-1 fuel and cannot be retrofitted to use a methane-fueled engine, a new first stage was developed. This booster has the same first-stage tankage diameter as the Delta IV and is powered by two {{cvt|2400|kN}} thrust BE-4 engines.<ref name=sn20140917>{{cite news|last1=Ferster|first1=Warren|title=ULA To Invest in Blue Origin Engine as RD-180 Replacement |url=http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/41901ula-to-invest-in-blue-origin-engine-as-rd-180-replacement|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140918114236/http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/41901ula-to-invest-in-blue-origin-engine-as-rd-180-replacement|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2014|date=2014-09-17|publisher=SpaceNews|access-date=2014-09-19}}</ref><ref name="Mike Gruss">{{cite news |author=Gruss |first=Mike |date=13 April 2015 |title=ULA's Vulcan Rocket To be Rolled out in Stages |url=http://spacenews.com/ulas-vulcan-rocket-to-be-rolled-out-in-stages/ |publisher=SpaceNews}}</ref><ref name=aw2015-05-11>{{cite news |first=Amy|last=Butler|url=http://aviationweek.com/space/industry-team-hopes-resurrect-atlas-v-post-rd-180|title=Industry Team Hopes To Resurrect Atlas V Post RD-180 |publisher=Aviation Week & Space Technology|date=11 May 2015|access-date=12 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512205445/http://aviationweek.com/space/industry-team-hopes-resurrect-atlas-v-post-rd-180|archive-date=12 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Vulcan uses the [[Centaur (rocket stage)|Centaur V]] developed for it instead of the Centaur III used on Atlas V.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foust|first=Jeff|date=11 September 2020|title=ULA studying long-term upgrades to Vulcan|url=https://spacenews.com/ula-studying-long-term-upgrades-to-vulcan/}}</ref>  It also uses two, four, or six optional solid rocket boosters, called the [[Graphite-Epoxy Motor|GEM 63XL]], derived from the GEN 63 solid boosters used on Atlas V.<ref name="Jason Rhian"/>

=== Retirement ===
In August 2021, ULA announced that they are no longer selling launches on the Atlas V and they would fulfill their 29 existing launch contracts.<ref name="Verge">{{cite news |last1=Roulette |first1=Joey |date=26 August 2021 |title=ULA stops selling its centerpiece Atlas V, setting path for the rocket's retirement |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/26/22641048/ula-boeing-lockheed-end-sales-atlas-v-rocket-russia-rd180 |access-date=1 September 2021 |publisher=The Verge}}</ref> They made a final purchase of the RD-180 motors they needed and the last of those motors were delivered in April 2021. The last launch will occur "some time in the mid-2020s".<ref name="Verge"/> {{as of|2024|07}}, fourteen missions have flown since the announcement,{{efn|the first mission after the announcement was mission 88. See [[#Atlas V launches|table]] for the later launches.}} and fifteen launches remain.

== Photo gallery ==
<gallery widths="170">
File:Atlas V rocket raised.jpg|Core stage of an Atlas V being raised to a vertical position.
File:Boeing X-37B inside payload fairing before launch.jpg|[[Boeing X-37|X-37B]] OTV-1 (Orbital Test Vehicle) being encased in its payload fairing for its 22 April 2010, launch.
File:Mars Science Laboratory Atlas V rocket AV-028 rollout to SLC-41.jpg|An Atlas V 541 is moved to the launch pad.
File:TDRS-L on launch pad.jpg|Atlas V 401 on launch pad
File:Atlas V Ignition for TDRS-L Launch.jpg|Atlas V ignition
File:New Horizons launch.jpg|An Atlas V 551 with the [[New Horizons]] probe launches from Launch Pad 41 in [[Cape Canaveral]].
</gallery>

== See also == <!-- Please respect alphabetical order -->
{{Commons}}
{{Wikinews|NASA launches two space probes to the moon}}

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'''Comparable rockets:'''
* [[Angara (rocket)|Angara]]
* [[Ariane 5]]
* [[Delta IV]]
* [[Falcon 9]]
* [[Falcon Heavy]]
* [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III|GSLV Mk III]]
* [[H-IIA]]
* [[H-IIB]]
* [[Long March 5]]
* [[Proton (rocket)|Proton]]
* [[Vulcan Centaur]]
* [[Zenit rocket|Zenit]]
* [[Medium-lift launch vehicle]]
* [[Comparison of orbital launchers families]]
* [[Comparison of orbital launch systems]]
{{colend}}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140330140202/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Products_AtlasV.shtml ULA Atlas V data sheets]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160409203927/http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Atlas500_Cutaway.pdf Atlas 500 series cutaway]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20150106030217/http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Atlas400_Cutaway.pdf Atlas 400 series cutaway]
* [https://www.rocketbuilder.com ULA Atlas V RocketBuilder]
* [http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/atlas.html Lockheed Martin: Atlas Launch Vehicles]

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