Atlas V 501

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Atlas V 501 is a specific configuration of the Atlas V expendable launch vehicle optimized for launching medium-sized payloads, particularly satellites, into orbit.

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Atlas V 501 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlas V rocket configuration
expendable launch vehicle configuration
agencyCustomers NASA
National Reconnaissance Office
U.S. Department of Defense
configurationCode 501
coreStageType Common Core Booster
countryOfOrigin United States
designFeature no solid rocket boosters
single-engine Centaur upper stage
fairingDiameter 5 m
fairingType 5-meter payload fairing
familyPredecessor Atlas II
familySuccessor Vulcan Centaur
firstDigitMeaning 5-meter payload fairing
launchCapability medium-lift
launchPadUsed Space Launch Complex 3E
Space Launch Complex 41
launchServiceProvider United Launch Alliance
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Vandenberg Space Force Base
launchVehicleFamily Atlas V
manufacturer United Launch Alliance
optimizedFor medium-sized payloads
satellite launches
partOf Atlas V family
linked to: Atlas V
payloadFairingDiameter 5 meters
propellantCoreStage RP-1/LOX
propellantUpperStage LH2/LOX
reusability expendable
rocketFamilyDesigner Lockheed Martin
secondDigitMeaning 0 solid rocket boosters
solidRocketBoostersCount 0
staging two-stage
status operational
thirdDigitMeaning single-engine Centaur upper stage
typicalMissionType orbital launch
typicalOrbit low Earth orbit
polar orbit
sun-synchronous orbit
upperStageEnginesCount 1
upperStageEngineType RL10
upperStageType Centaur
usedFor Earth observation satellites
commercial payloads
government payloads
technology demonstration satellites

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Atlas V configurationOptions Atlas V 501
Atlas V 500 series familyIncludes Atlas V 501