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Atlas E

StatusRetired
Rocket familyAtlas
CountryUnited States
ManufacturerLockheed
Number of orbital launches23
First launch1980-12-09
Last launch1995-03-24


Launches by year:



Launches:

Launch dateLaunch siteRocket / VariantPayloadNotesStatus
1995-03-24VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSDMSP-5D2 13 (USA 109)success
1994-12-30VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSNOAA 14success
1994-08-29VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSDMSP-5D2 12 (USA 106)success
1993-08-09VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSNOAA 13success
1991-11-28VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSDMSP-5D2 11 (USA 73)success
1991-05-14VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSNOAA 12success
1990-12-01VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSDMSP-5D2 10 (USA 68)success
Failure of the spacecraft's TEM-364-15 AKM nozzle due to a manufacturing defect led to the satellite being placed into lower than planned orbit.
1990-04-11VandenbergAtlas E AltairPOGS & SSR / TEX / SCE (Stacksat 1-3, USA 56-58, P87-2) / PDDsuccess
1988-09-24VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSNOAA 11success
1988-02-03VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSDMSP-5D2 09 (USA 29)success
1987-06-20VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSDMSP-5D2 08 (USA 26)success
1986-09-17VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSNOAA 10success
1985-10-09VandenbergAtlas E SGS-2GPS 11 (Navstar 11, USA 10)success
1985-03-13VandenbergAtlas E OISGeosatsuccess
1984-12-12VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSNOAA 9success
1984-09-08VandenbergAtlas E SGS-2GPS 10 (Navstar 10, USA 5)success
1984-06-13VandenbergAtlas E SGS-2GPS 9 (Navstar 9, USA 1)success
1983-11-18VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSDMSP-5D2 07success
1983-07-14VandenbergAtlas E SGS-2GPS 8 (Navstar 8, OPS 9794)success
1983-03-28VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSNOAA 8success
1982-12-21VandenbergAtlas E Star-37S-ISSDMSP-5D2 06success
1981-12-19VandenbergAtlas E SVSGPS 7 (Navstar 7)failure
1980-12-09VandenbergAtlas E MSDParcae 4A / Parcae 4B / Parcae 4C / MSD 4 / LIPS 1failure
Premature shut down of one of the Atlas booster engines turned the vehicle around, thereafter the sustainer thrust it back toward the earth.

Variants:

(This section is under construction)

Atlas E MSD

First launch1980-12-09
Upper stageMSD
Mass122 t
Height27.3 m
Diameter3.05 m

Atlas E SVS

First launch1981-12-19
Upper stageStar 37E
Mass125 t
Height29.2 m
Diameter3.05 m

Atlas E Star-37S-ISS

First launch1982-12-21
Mass121 t
Height28.1 m
Payload capacity:
LEO820 kg to 185 km / 90 deg

Atlas E SGS-2

First launch1983-07-14
Upper stageStar 48
Mass125 t
Height32.1 m
Diameter3.05 m

Atlas E OIS

First launch1985-03-13
Upper stageOIS
Mass120 t
Height28.7 m
Diameter3.05 m

Atlas E Altair

First launch1990-04-11
Upper stageStar 20
Mass125 t
Height27.3 m
Diameter3.05 m
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