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Atlas D Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Atlas D, 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 D made 14 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1961 and 1967. It is part of the Atlas family. Of those, 10 succeeded and 4 failed. The success rate comes to 71 percent. The busiest year was 1961, with 3 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1967.

14
Launch attempts
10
Successes
4
Failures
71%
Success rate

Launches per year

1 2 3 1961: 3 launches (2 successes, 1 failure) 1962: 3 launches (3 successes, 0 failures) 1963: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1964: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 1965: 3 launches (1 success, 2 failures) 1966: 3 launches (2 successes, 1 failure) 1967: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Successes Failures Each bar links to that year's full chronology.

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
1967 1 1 0 100%
1966 3 2 1 67%
1965 3 1 2 33%
1963 1 1 0 100%
1962 3 3 0 100%
1961 3 2 1 67%

Launch sites used

Sites the Atlas D launched from, across every launch in the catalog.

Site Country Launches Successes Failures
V 🇺🇸United States 7 4 3
CC 🇺🇸United States 7 6 1

Launch chronology

Every Atlas D launch in the catalog, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Site / Pad Outcome
Jul 27, 1967 1967-072 92D : Fairing, Atlas D 92D, Atlas D Booster
+6 more , FW4S, deb OV1-86, X-258, OV1-11S, OV1-12S, OV1-8S
V / ABRESB3 Success
Dec 11, 1966 1966-111 89D : OV1-9/10 object, Fairing, Atlas D 89D
+4 more , Atlas D Booster, X-258, OV1-10S, OV1-9S
V / ABRESB3 Success
Jul 14, 1966 1966-063 58D : Fairing, SP Pod 33 (NRL-601), Atlas D 58D
+7 more , Atlas D Booster, X-258, deb OV1-8, OV1-8P control assembly, Container Half, OV1-7S, PasComSat
V / ABRESB3 Failure
Mar 30, 1966 1966-025 72D/NB20.152 RS : Fairing, SP Pod 28, Atlas D 72D
+5 more , Atlas D Booster, deb OV1-5, X-258, OV1-5S, OV1-4S
V / ABRESB3 Success
Oct 5, 1965 1965-078 34D/NB20.170 RS : Fairing, SP Pod 29, OV1 Dummy
+5 more , Dummy X-258, Atlas D 34D, Atlas D Booster, X-258, OV1-2S
V / ABRESB3 Success
May 28, 1965 1965-F06 68D : ABRES, Atlas D 68D, Atlas D Booster
+2 more , X-258, OV1-3S
V / ABRESB3 Failure
Jan 21, 1965 1965-F01 172D : ABRES MTV-1, Atlas D 172D, Atlas D Booster
+2 more , X-258, OV1-1S
V / 576B3 Failure
May 15, 1963 1963-015 130D : Mercury LES, Atlas D Booster, Mercury Retro
+5 more , MA-9 clamp band segment, Atlas D 130D, MA-9 Balloon Subsatellite, MA-9 Xe Light Subsatellite, Mercury SC20
CC / LC14 Success
Oct 3, 1962 1962 B DEL 113D : Mercury LES, Atlas D Booster, Mercury Retro
+3 more , MA-8 clamp band segment, Atlas D 113D, Mercury SC16
CC / LC14 Success
May 24, 1962 1962 TAU 107D : Mercury LES, Atlas D Booster, Mercury Retro
+5 more , MA-7 Subsatellite experiment, MA-7 clamp band segment, Atlas D 107D, MA-7 Balloon Subsatellite, Mercury SC18
CC / LC14 Success
Feb 20, 1962 1962 GAM 109D : Mercury LES, Atlas D Booster, Mercury Retro
+3 more , MA-6 clamp band segment, Atlas D 109D, Mercury SC13
CC / LC14 Success
Nov 29, 1961 1961 A IOT 93D : Mercury LES, Atlas D Booster, Mercury Retro
+3 more , MA-5 clamp band segment, Atlas D 93D, Mercury SC9
CC / LC14 Success
Sep 13, 1961 1961 A ALP 88D : Mercury LES, Atlas D Booster, Mercury Retro
+3 more , MA-4 clamp band segment, Atlas D 88D, Mercury SC8A
CC / LC14 Success
Apr 25, 1961 1961-F03 100D : Mercury LES, Mercury Retro, Atlas D Booster
+2 more , Atlas 100D, Mercury SC8
CC / LC14 Failure
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