List of Atlas launches (1990–1999)
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This is a list of Atlas rocket launches which took place during the period 1990-1999.
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= Rocket configurations =
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| group names = Atlas E/F: Atlas I: Atlas II: Atlas IIA: Atlas IIAS
| x legends = 1990 : '91 : '92 : '93 : '94 : '95 : '96 : '97 : '98: '99
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= Launch sites =
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| group names = Cape Canaveral SLC-36A: Cape Canaveral SLC-36B: Vandenberg SLC-3E : Vandenberg SLC-3W
| x legends = 1990:'91:'92:'93:'94 :'95:'96:'97:'98:'99
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= Launch outcomes =
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| group names = Success: Partial failure: Failure
| x legends = 1990:'91:'92:'93:'94 :'95:'96:'97:'98:'99
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1990
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1990-04-11 15:00 |28E |{{nowrap|USA-56/57/58}} (Stacksat/P87-2) |Technology |LEO | {{Success}} | |
1990-07-25 19:21 |AC-69 |Scientific |GTO |{{Success}} |Maiden flight of Atlas I |
1990-12-01 15:57 |{{nowrap|Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS}} |61E |Weather satellite |LEO |{{Success}} | |
1991
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1991-04-18 23:30 |AC-70 |GTO (target) |{{Failure}} |One Centaur engine failed to start due to a plug of frozen nitrogen. RSO T+441 seconds. |
14 May 1991 15:52:03 | {{nowrap|Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS}} | 50E | NOAA-12 (NOAA-D) | Weather satellite | SSO | {{Success}} | |
1991-11-28 13:23 |{{nowrap|Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS}} |53E |USA-73 (DMSP F-11) |Weather satellite |LEO |{{Success}} |
1991-12-07 22:47 |AC-102 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} |Maiden flight of Atlas II |
1992
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1992-02-11 00:41:02 |AC-101 |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1992-03-14 00:00 |AC-72 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1992-06-10 00:00 |AC-105 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} |Maiden flight of Atlas IIA |
1992-07-02 21:54:01 |AC-103 |USA-82 (DSCS IIIB-12) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1992-08-22 22:40 |AC-71 |Comsat |GTO (target) |{{Failure}} |One Centaur engine failed to start due to a plug of frozen nitrogen. RSO T+470 seconds. |
1993
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1993-03-25 21:38 |AC-74 |Military Comsat |{{Failure}} |Sustainer engine lost thrust due to improperly torqued set screw. Satellite placed in unusable orbit. |
1993-07-19 22:04 |AC-104 |USA-93 (DSCS IIIB-9) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
9 August 1993 10:02 | {{nowrap|Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS}} | 34E | NOAA-13 (NOAA-I) | Weather satellite | SSO | {{Success}} | |
1993-09-03 11:17 |AC-75 |USA-95 (UHF F2) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1993-11-28 23:40 |AC-106 |USA-97 (DSCS IIIB-10) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1993-12-16 00:38 |AC-108 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} |Maiden flight of Atlas IIAS |
1994
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1994-04-13 06:04 |AC-73 |GOES-I (GOES-8) |Weather satellite |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1994-06-24 13:50:02 |AC-76 |USA-104 (UHF F3) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1994-08-03 23:57 |AC-107 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1994-08-29 17:38 |{{nowrap|Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS}} |20E |USA-106 (DMSP F-12) |Weather satellite |LEO |{{Success}} | |
1994-10-06 06:35:02 |AC-111 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1994-11-29 10:21 |AC-110 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
30 December 1994 10:02 | {{nowrap|Atlas E-Star-37S-ISS}} | 11E | NOAA-14 (NOAA-J) | Weather satellite | SSO | {{Success}} | |
1995
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1995-01-10 06:18 |AC-113 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} |First Atlas launch conducted by ILS |
1995-01-29 01:25 |AC-112 |USA-108 (UHF F4) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1995-03-22 06:18 |AC-115 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1995-03-24 14:05 |{{nowrap|Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS}} |45E |USA-109 (DMSP F-13) |Weather satellite |LEO |{{Success}} |Final flight of Atlas E/F |
1995-04-07 23:47 |AC-114 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1995-05-23 05:52:02 |AC-77 |GOES-J (GOES-9) |Weather satellite |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1995-05-31 15:27:01 |AC-116 |USA-111 (UHF F5) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1995-07-31 23:30:00 |AC-118 |USA-113 (DSCS IIIB-7) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1995-08-29 00:53:01 |AC-117 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1995-10-22 08:00:02 |AC-119 |USA-114 (UHF F6) |Military Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1995-12-02 08:08:01 |AC-121 |SOHO |Solar |Halo |{{Success}} | |
1995-12-15 00:23 |AC-120 |Comsat |GTO |{{Success}} | |
1996
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1996-02-01 01:15:01 |AC-126 |Comsat |GTO | |
1996-04-03 23:01:01 |AC-122 |Comsat |GTO | |
1996-04-30 04:31:01 |AC-78 |Astronomy |LEO |100th Atlas-Centaur launch |
1996-07-25 12:42 |AC-125 |USA-127 (UHF F7) |Military Comsat |GTO | |
8 September 1996 21:49:01 | AC-123 | GE-1 | GTO | |
1996-11-21 20:47 |AC-124 |Comsat |GTO | |
1996-12-18 01:57 |AC-129 |Comsat |GTO | |
1997
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1997-02-17 01:42:02 |AC-127 |Comsat |GTO | |
1997-03-08 06:01 |AC-128 |Comsat |GTO | |
1997-04-25 05:49 |AC-79 |GOES-K (GOES-10) |Weather satellite |GTO |Final flight of Atlas I |
1997-07-28 01:15 |AC-133 |Comsat |GTO | |
4 September 1997 12:03:00 | AC-146 | AMC-3 | GTO | |
1997-10-05 21:01 |AC-135 |Comsat |GTO | |
1997-10-25 00:46 |AC-131 |USA-135 (DSCS IIIB-13) |Military Comsat |GTO | |
1997-12-08 23:52 |AC-149 |Comsat |GTO | |
1998
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1998-01-29 18:37 |AC-109 |USA-137 {{nowrap|(NROL-5/SDS)}} |Military Comsat |GTO |"Capricorn" |
1998-02-28 00:21 |AC-151 |Comsat |GTO | |
1998-03-16 21:32 |AC-132 |USA-138 (UHF F8) |Military Comsat |GTO |Final flight of baseline Atlas II |
1998-06-18 22:48 |AC-153 |Comsat |GTO |550th Atlas launch |
1998-10-09 22:50 |AC-134 |Comsat |GTO | |
1998-10-20 07:19 |AC-130 |USA-140 (UHF F9) |Military Comsat |GTO | |
1999
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Date/Time (UTC) ! Rocket ! S/N ! Launch Site ! Payload ! Function ! Orbit ! Outcome ! Remarks |
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1999-02-16 01:45:26 |AC-152 |Comsat |GTO | |
1999-04-12 22:50 |AC-154 |Comsat |GTO | |
1999-09-23 06:02 |AC-155 |Comsat |GTO |date=September 23, 1999|publisher=International Launch Services|accessdate = 2013-03-09}} | |
1999-11-23 04:06 |AC-136 |USA-146 (UHF F10) |Military Comsat |GTO | |
1999-12-18 18:57:39 |AC-141 |Remote sensing |LEO |First Atlas Centaur from VAFB |
Photo gallery
File:Atlas_I_launching_CRRES_satellite1.jpg|Maiden flight of Atlas I rocket
References
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- {{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/launch/Atlas|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|title=Atlas|work=Orbital and Suborbital launch database|accessdate=2009-04-19}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/atlas.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814122431/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/atlas.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 14, 2008|first=Mark|last=Wade|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|title=Atlas|accessdate=2009-04-19}}
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