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Atlas-5(521)

Atlas-5(521)¹ (Rainbow 1) [ILS]

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Version Strap-On Stage 1 Stage 2
Atlas-5(521) 2 × AJ-60A (¹) or 2 × GEM-63 (²) CCB / RD-180 Centaur-3(5)-SEC / RL10A-4-2 or RL10C-1
Performance (kg) LEO LPEO SSO GTO GEO MolO IP
Atlas-5(521) 13300 10490 9585 6485 2760
Nr:  TNr: Vehicle:        Serial:   Fair: LS:         Date:         Payload

 3   1    Atlas-5(521)¹   AV-003    5S    CC SLC-41   17.07.2003    Rainbow 1
 4   2    Atlas-5(521)¹   AV-005    5S    CC SLC-41   17.12.2004    AMC 16


Planned:


Fairing types:

5S = 5 m diameter, 10.2 m inner height
5M = 5 m diameter, 12.9 m inner height
5L = 5 m diameter, 15.9 m inner height


Launch sites:

CC  = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA USA
Va  = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA USA

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