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

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
1965 1 0 1 0%
1964 2 0 2 0%
1963 1 1 0 100%

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