Atlas Centaur Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Atlas Centaur, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. It is one of the variants covered on the Atlas family page.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
Atlas Centaur made 4 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1963 and 1965. It is part of the Atlas family. Of those, 1 succeeded and 3 failed. The success rate comes to 25 percent. The busiest year was 1964, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1965.
4
Launch attempts
1
Successes
3
Failures
25%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
Launch sites used
Sites the Atlas Centaur launched from, across every launch in the catalog.
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC | 🇺🇸United States | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Launch chronology
Every Atlas Centaur launch in the catalog, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1965 | 1965-F04 | AC-5 : Centaur D PLF, Atlas D 156D, Atlas D Booster +2 more, Centaur 6C, Surveyor SD-1 | CC / LC36A | Failure |
| Dec 11, 1964 | 1964-082 | AC-4 : Centaur D PLF, Atlas D 146D, Atlas D Booster +2 more, Centaur 4C, Surveyor SM-1 | CC / LC36A | Failure |
| Jun 30, 1964 | 1964-F09 | AC-3 : Centaur insulation panel, Centaur D PLF, Atlas D 135D +3 more, Atlas D Booster, Centaur 1C, AC-3 | CC / LC36A | Failure |
| Nov 27, 1963 | 1963-047 | AC-2 : Atlas D 126D, Atlas D Booster, SSN00700 Mistag TLEs +6 more, Centaur 2B, Insulation blanket part, [UNID057] RCS 0.0, Insulation panel, Centaur D PLF, AC-2 | CC / LC36A | Success |