ATLAS V PROGRAM SUMMARY
The Atlas V is operated by United Launch Alliance. Formerly operated by Lockheed Martin, it is now operated by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA). The Atlas V was developed by Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services as part of the US Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program and made its inaugural flight on August 21, 2002. The United Launch Alliance consortium, a new company spun off by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, took over the Delta IV and Atlas V EELV programs in December 2006.
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Interesting link to read: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2016/12/02/how-president-trump-can-avert-a-crisis-in-u-s-space-policy/2/#66b04eaf2e33
GENERAL DATES
DATES WITH PIONEER
- 2002: First payload launched by Atlas V – Hot Bird 6 Communication Satellite
- 2019: Replacement for Atlas V (Vulcan) to be ready
- 2014: First ATLAS V Booking placed by 537-L3 Cincinnati Electronics
- 2016: 210-Honeywell-Florida places their first Atlas V Mock Up
CUSTOMERS ON PROGRAM
SUPPLIERS
- 537-L3 Cincinnati Electronics
- 210-Honeywell-Florida
- ULA – Lockheed & Boeing
- Aerojet RocketdynE
ANNUAL REVENUE HISTORY
PROGRAM HISTORY
| Year | Extended Price |
| 2016 | $1,392,986 |
| 2017 | $751,337 |
- A dozen Atlas and Delta rockets were launched, all successfully, in 2016.
- Since their debut in August 2002, Atlas V vehicles have achieved 100 percent mission success in launches from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. and Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
CURRENT & FUTURE NEWS
- The Atlas 5 uses Russian engines and has come under fire from Congress with the worsening of relations with Russia.
- ULA is working on a replacement launch vehicle, the Vulcan, that it hopes to have fully ready by 2023
- ULA expects the first launch of the new rocket to occur no earlier than 2019.
- The Vulcan rocket is the intended replacement for all three of ULA’s currently flying rockets, the Atlas V, Delta II, and Delta IV.[