Atlas II (Lockheed Martin)
The Atlas II, manufactured by Lockheed Martin established in 1953, undertook its inaugural launch on 12/07/1991, is non-reusable and is inactive.
Atlas II has 10 successful launches and 0 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 10 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.
- Length: 47.54 m
- Diameter: 3.04 m
- Launch Mass: 204 T
- LEO Capacity: 6580 kg
- GTO Capacity: 2810 kg
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
