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

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