Atlas Based Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-2005) Page 1 of 4: Atlas without Centaur Upper Stage L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) Atlas* Atlas** Atlas% Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas@ A-F SUS/SLV3 NUS Able Mercury Agena A Agena B Agena D SUS Suborb Suborb Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 3(2) - - - - - - - - 1958 13(6) - 1(0) - - - - - - 1959 21(7) - - 1(1)# 1(1)+ - - - - 1960 28(12) - - 2(2) 1(1)+ 3(2) - - - 1961 25(9) - - - 4(1)+ 1(0) 7(6) - - 1962 30(8) - - - 3(0) - 13(3) - - 1963 32(14)# - - - 1(0) - 3(1) 5(0) - 1964 14(4)# 1(0) - - - - 3(0) 13(2) - 1965 17(0) 1(0) - - - - 2(0) 12(2) 3(2) 1966 13(5) 1(0) 1(1) - - - 1(0) 24(2) 3(1) 1967 12(0) 6(1) - - - - - 9(1) 1(1) 1968 7(1) 6(1) - - - - - 2(0) 3(1) 1969 2(0) 4(1) - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1970 1(0) 4(0) - - - - - 2(0) - 1971 2(0) 1(0) - - - - - 1(1) 1(0) 1972 - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1973 2(0) - - - - - - 1(0) - 1974 6(0) - - - - - - - 1(0) 1975 - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(1) 1976 - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1977 - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1978 - - - - - - - 2(0) 5(0) 1979 - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1980 - - - - - - - - 5(2) 1981 - - - - - - - - 2(1) 1982 - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1983 - - - - - - - - 5(0) 1984 - - - - - - - - 4(0) 1985 - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1986 - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1987 - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1988 - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1989 - - - - - - - - - 1990 - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1991 - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1992 - - - - - - - - - 1993 - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1994 - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1995 - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1996 - - - - - - - - - 1997 - - - - - - - - - 1998 - - - - - - - - - 1999 - - - - - - - - - 2000 - - - - - - - - - 2001 - - - - - - - - - 2002 - - - - - - - - - 2003 - - - - - - - - - 2004 - - - - - - - - - 2005 - - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlas* Atlas** Atlas% Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas@ A-F SUS/SLV3 NUS Able Mercury Agena A Agena B Agena D SUS Suborb Suborb L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 228(68)* 24(3)** - - 3(2)+ - - - - Orbit - - 2(1)% 3(3) 7(1) 4(2) 29(10) 76(8) 58(9)@ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: * Suborbital ICBM, RV, and Tracking Tests ** Suborbital RV and Technology Tests using Solid Upper Stages or SLV3. Includes: Atlas D FIRE 1(0) 1964 Atlas D Antares 2 1(0) 1965 SLV3/Prime 3(0) 1966-67 Atlas E/F Trident 19(3) 1967-71 % One each Atlas B (SCORE)(1958) and Atlas SLV3 (ATDA)(1966) to orbit. ATDA suffered payload shroud deployment failure. + Three unmanned Mercury Atlas suborbital tests, one each in 1959,60,and 61, with failures in 1959 and 1960. # Five Atlas vehicles destroyed in ground accidents are not included in these totals. These include one Atlas Able (1959) and four Atlas ICBMs (one in 1963, three in 1964) & Atlas with Solid Upper Stage(s). Includes: Atlas D SUS 7(4) 1965-67 Atlas E SUS 24(2) 1980-95 Atlas F SUS 21(2) 1968-80 Atlas SLV3 SUS 1(1) 1968 Atlas H SUS 5(0) 1983-87 References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" Last Update 08/17/2020 by Ed Kyle