Atlas V 501
Active AtlasUnited Launch Alliance (ULA)
April 22, 2010
Description
Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 0 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
Specifications
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Minimum Stage
1 -
Max Stage
2 -
Length
58.3 m -
Diameter
3.8 m -
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m -
Launch Mass
334 T -
Thrust
3827 kN -
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
40000 km
Family
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Name
Atlas V 501 -
Family
Atlas -
Variant
501 -
Alias
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Full Name
Atlas V 501
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
$120000000 -
Low Earth Orbit
8210 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
3780 kg -
Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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United Launch Alliance
Commercial
CEO: Tory Bruno
ULA 2006United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
Atlas V 501 | Project Kuiper Protoflight Mission (Atlas V #1)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Oct. 6, 2023, 6:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This launch will launch 2 KuiperSat demonstration satellites to 500 km altitude, 30 degree inclination orbit. They were previously scheduled on the 1st Vulcan launch. Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.
Low Earth OrbitAtlas V 501 | OTV-6 (X-37B) (USSF-7)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 17, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
Atlas V 501 | OTV-4 (X-37B) (USA 261) (AFSPC-5) & ULTRASat cubesat deployer
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 20, 2015, 3:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
It is the second flight of the second Boeing X-37B vehicle and the fourth flight of the program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The OTV-4 mission was to test Aerojet Rocketdyne's XR-5A Hall-effect thruster and conduct a NASA investigation for testing various materials in space. The mission concluded after 717 days in orbit, marking the first time X-37B landed on the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center.
Low Earth OrbitAtlas V 501 | NROL-39 (USA-247)
United Launch Alliance | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 6, 2013, 7:14 a.m.
Atlas V 501 | OTV-3 (X-37B) (USA-240)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 11, 2012, 6:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
It is the second flight of the first Boeing X-37B vehicle and the third flight of the program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The specific identity of the spaceship's payload or the mission objectives were not revealed. The mission concluded after 674 days in orbit.
Low Earth OrbitAtlas V 501 | OTV-2 (X-37B) (USA-226)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
March 5, 2011, 10:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
It is the first flight of the second Boeing X-37B, a United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle 2, which is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The OTV-2 mission was designed to test new technologies, however the specific identity of the spaceship's payload was not revealed. The mission concluded after 468 days in orbit.
Low Earth OrbitAtlas V 501 | NROL-41 (USA-215)
United Launch Alliance | USAVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 21, 2010, 4:03 a.m.
Atlas V 501 | OTV-1 (X-37B) (USA 212)
United Launch Alliance | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
April 22, 2010, 11:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
It is the first flight of Boeing X-37B, a United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle, which is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The OTV-1 mission was designed to test new technologies, however the specific identity of the spaceship's payload was not revealed. OTV was the first vehicle since NASA's shuttle orbiter capable of returning experiments to Earth for further inspection and analysis. The mission concluded after 224 days in orbit, marking the first American autonomous orbital runway landing.
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