Atlas V

Overview

An expendable launch vehicle by United Launch Alliance that has flown many NASA science and planetary missions.

Knowledge connections

• Operated byUnited Launch Alliance
• LaunchedMars Science Laboratory
• LaunchedMAVEN
• LaunchedInSight
• LaunchedMars 2020
• LaunchedJuno
• LaunchedNew Horizons
• LaunchedOSIRIS-REx
• LaunchedLucy
• Member of familyAtlas
• Launched fromSpace Launch Complex 41
• Powered byRD-180
• Powered byRL10
• Replaced byVulcan Centaur
• Basis forVulcan Centaur
• LaunchedLandsat 8
• LaunchedLandsat 9
• LaunchedGOES-16

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.