Atlas II

Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. The Atlas II was a direct evolution of the Atlas I, featuring longer first-stage tanks, higher-performing engines, and the option for strap-on solid rocket boosters. It was designed to launch payloads into low Earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II a highly reliable space launch system. The Atlas line was continued by the Atlas III, used between 2000 and 2005, and the Atlas V, which is still in use as of 2025.

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Atlas 2
diameter 3.04 metre, height 47.54 metre, 
medium-lift launch vehicle, Atlas, 
Reman, 1991, launch vehicle, Ekran, Dong Fang Hong 2, Atlas, Tarshish, Sweden, Sikh Confederacy, United States, Persia, Kingdom of Wolaita, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Havilah, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chinland, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Ashkenaz, 

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Launch of an Atlas II rocket

The launch of TDRS-H on an Atlas IIA rocket

Launch of TDRS-H

Air Zoo December 2019 099 (Atlas sustainer engine)

88226296 :Piction ID--Atlas II MLV II--

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Launch of an Atlas II rocket		Commons
commons	image		The launch of TDRS-H on an Atlas IIA rocket		Commons
commons	image		Launch of TDRS-H		Commons
commons	image		Air Zoo December 2019 099 (Atlas sustainer engine)		Commons
commons	image		88226296 :Piction ID--Atlas II MLV II--		Commons