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 H Atlas Atlas ICBM Suborb NUS/SUS Able Mercury Agena A Agena B Agena D Orbital Subtotal Subtotal Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 3(2) - - - - - - - - - 3(2) 1958 13(6) - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 14(6) 1959 21(8) - - 1(1)# 1(1)+ - - - - 1(1) 23(10) 1960 28(12) - - 2(2) 1(1)+ 3(2) - - - 5(4) 34(17) 1961 25(9) - - - 4(1)+ 1(0) 7(4) - - 11(5) 37(14) 1962 30(8) - - - 3(0) - 13(2) - - 16(2) 46(10) 1963 32(13)# - - - 1(0) - 3(1) 5(0) - 9(1) 41(14) 1964 14(3)# 1(0) - - - - 3(0) 13(1) - 16(1) 31(4) 1965 17(0) 1(0) 3(2) - - - 2(0) 12(2) - 18(4) 35(4) 1966 13(3) 1(0) 4(1) - - - 1(0) 24(1) - 29(2) 43(5) 1967 16(1) 2(0) 1(1) - - - - 9(1) - 10(2) 28(3) 1968 13(1) - 3(1) - - - - 2(0) - 5(1) 18(2) 1969 6(1) - 1(0) - - - - 1(0) - 2(0) 8(1) 1970 5(0) - - - - - - 2(0) - 2(0) 7(0) 1971 3(0) - 1(0) - - - - 1(1) - 2(1) 5(1) 1972 - - 1(0) - - - - 1(0) - 2(0) 2(0) 1973 2(0) - - - - - - 1(0) - 1(0) 3(0) 1974 6(0) - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 7(0) 1975 - - 1(1) - - - - 1(0) - 2(1) 2(1) 1976 - - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1977 - - 2(0) - - - - 2(0) - 4(0) 4(0) 1978 - - 5(0) - - - - 2(0) - 7(0) 7(0) 1979 - - 2(0) - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1980 - - 5(2) - - - - - - 5(2) 5(2) 1981 - - 2(1) - - - - - - 2(1) 2(1) 1982 - - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1983 - - 3(0) - - - - - 2(0) 5(0) 5(0) 1984 - - 3(0) - - - - - 1(0) 4(0) 4(0) 1985 - - 2(0) - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1986 - - 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 2(0) 2(0) 1987 - - 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 2(0) 2(0) 1988 - - 2(0) - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1989 - - - - - - - - - - - 1990 - - 2(0) - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1991 - - 2(0) - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1992 - - - - - - - - - - - 1993 - - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1994 - - 2(0) - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1995 - - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1996 - - - - - - - - - - - 1997 - - - - - - - - - - - 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - 2001 - - - - - - - - - - - 2002 - - - - - - - - - - - 2003 - - - - - - - - - - - 2004 - - - - - - - - - - - 2005 - - - - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlas* Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas H Atlas ICBM Suborb NUS/SUS Able Mercury Agena A Agena B Agena D All Subtotal L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 247(67)* 5(0) - - 3(2)+ - - - - - 255(69) Orbit - - 55(9) 3(3) 7(1) 4(2) 29(7) 76(6) 5(0) - 179(28) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal 434(97) Footnotes: * Suborbital ICBM Tests + Three unmanned suborbital tests, one each in 1959,60,and 61. First two flights were mission failures. # 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) 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 12/11/2005 by Ed Kyle