Atlas F Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Atlas F, 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 F made 9 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1968 and 1981. It is part of the Atlas family. Of those, 8 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 89 percent. The busiest year was 1968, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1981.
9
Launch attempts
8
Successes
1
Failures
89%
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 F launched from, across every launch in the catalog.
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS | 🇺🇸United States | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| V | 🇺🇸United States | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Launch chronology
Every Atlas F launch in the catalog, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1981 | 1981-059 | 87F : NOAA C | VS / SLC3W | Success |
| May 29, 1980 | 1980-043 | 19F : NOAA B | VS / SLC3W | Success |
| Jun 27, 1979 | 1979-057 | 25F : NOAA A | VS / SLC3W | Success |
| Oct 13, 1978 | 1978-096 | 29F : Fairing, Atlas F 29F, Atlas E/F Booster +5 more, Star 37S S/N 15009, deb Tiros-N, deb Tiros N, Tiros-N despin weight, Tiros-N | VS / SLC3W | Success |
| Apr 13, 1975 | 1975-F03 | 71F : Fairing, Atlas F 71F, Atlas E/F Booster +2 more, Star 17A, STP P72-2 | VS / SLC3W | Failure |
| Aug 7, 1971 | 1971-067 | 76F : Atlas F 76F, Fairing, Atlas E/F Booster +10 more, Star 13A, AVL-802-2 Canister part, AVL-802-1 Canister part, AVL-802, AVL-802 Rigid Sphere, LCS 4, OV1-21P/FW4S, OV1-20P/FW4S, OAR-907, OAR-901 | V / BMRSA2 | Success |
| Mar 18, 1969 | 1969-025 | 104F : Atlas F 104F, Fairing, Atlas E/F Booster +7 more, LP-104, FW4S, deb OV1-18, OV1-17P, OV1-19S, OV1-18S, OV1-17S | V / ABRESA2 | Success |
| Jul 11, 1968 | 1968-059 | 75F : Fairing, Atlas F 75F, Atlas E/F Booster +3 more, FW4S, Cannonball, OV1-15S | V / ABRESA2 | Success |
| Apr 6, 1968 | 1968-026 | 107F : Atlas F 107F, Fairing, Atlas E/F Booster +3 more, FW4S, OV1-14S, OV1-13S | V / ABRESA2 | Success |