Atlas V 501 Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Atlas V 501, 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 V 501 made 8 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 2010 and 2023. It is part of the Atlas family. All 8 flights succeeded. The busiest year was 2010, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 2023.
8
Launch attempts
8
Successes
0
Failures
100%
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 V 501 launched from, across every launch in the catalog.
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC | 🇺🇸United States | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| VS | 🇺🇸United States | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Launch chronology
Every Atlas V 501 launch in the catalog, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2023 | 2023-154 | AV-104 : Kuiper Protoflight 1, Kuiper Protoflight 2 | CC / SLC41 | Success |
| May 17, 2020 | 2020-029 | AV-081 : FalconSat 8, Unknown DoD Sat, X-37B No. 1 F3 | CC / SLC41 | Success |
| May 20, 2015 | 2015-025 | AV-054 : NPSCuL-3 ULTRASat, LightSail-A, AC-8b +9 more, AC-8a, Optical CubeSat 3, GEARRS-2, Optical CubeSat 2, BRICSat-P, ParkinsonSat-1, Optical CubeSat 1, Unix Space Server Langley, X-37B No. 2 F2 | CC / SLC41 | Success |
| Dec 6, 2013 | 2013-072 | AV-042 : NPSCuL-2 GEMSat, SMDC-ONE Charlie, Tacsat-6 +11 more, SMDC-ONE David, CalPoly CP8, CUNYSAT-1, M-Cubed/COVE, SMDC Nanosatellite Program, ALICE, AC-5b, AC-5a, FIREBIRD B, FIREBIRD A, TOPAZ 3 | VS / SLC3E | Success |
| Dec 11, 2012 | 2012-071 | AV-034 : X-37B No. 1 F2 | CC / SLC41 | Success |
| Mar 5, 2011 | 2011-010 | AV-026 : X-37B No. 2 F1 | CC / SLC41 | Success |
| Sep 21, 2010 | 2010-046 | AV-025 : TOPAZ 1 | VS / SLC3E | Success |
| Apr 22, 2010 | 2010-015 | AV-012 : X-37B No. 1 F1 | CC / SLC41 | Success |