20 questions
The Atlas V was built as a part of what Air Force program?
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
National Security Space Launch
Complementary Expendable Launch Vehicles
National Reconnaissance Space Launch
Hot Bird 6, the first payload to be launched by Atlas V, was operated by which company?
Inmarsat
Eutelsat
EchoStar Corporation
Intelsat
Which Russian corporation produced the RD-180 engine used for the Common Core Booster on the Atlas V?
Roscosmos State Corporation
RSC Energia
NPO Energomash
JSC Kuznetzov
Before November 2020, which solid rocket motors were strapped on to the booster stage of the Atlas V to provide thrust during the early stages of flight?
GEM-60
Castor-4A
GEM-63
AJ-60
What design does the Atlas V utilize for the tanks of the Common Core Booster?
Isogrid
Balloon tanks
Orthogrid
Pressure-Stabilized
Which of these is a launch pad that Atlas V launches from?
SLC-40
SLC-3E
LC-41
SLC-4E
The 5-meter fairing used on heavier Atlas V launches is manufactured by which company?
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
RUAG Space
RAND Corporation
The SECOND number in the Atlas V naming system stands for what?
Fairing Size
Number of RL-10 engines
Number of Common Core Boosters
Number of Solid Rocket Motors
Which of these optional third stages have been used on the Atlas V?
Star-48
Orbus-2
Star-30
Castor-30A
Proposals to human-rate the Atlas V system began as early as 2006, with what company?
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Bigelow Aerospace
Blue Origin
Boeing
How many flights of the Atlas V have used the double-engine Centaur upper stage?
3
4
1
2
The first five flights of the Atlas V were to which kind of orbit?
Heliocentric Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Medium Earth Orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Which one of these was the first Atlas V launch with SRBs?
Rainbow-1
Hellas Sat 2
AMC-16
Inmarsat 4 F-1
Which of these was the first launch of the Atlas V 551, the most heavy-lift variant of the Atlas V to date?
STP-1
New Horizons
Juno
MUOS-1
Which of these was the first launch of the Atlas V from Vandenberg Space Force Base?
InSight
ICO G1
NROL-28
NROL-79
The Mars Curiosity rover was launched with which variant of the Atlas V?
541
551
451
441
Which of these is the heaviest payload launched by Atlas V?
Cygnus
Boeing Starliner
MUOS-2
USA-257
Which of these was the first GOES satellite to be launched by an Atlas V?
GOES-P
GOES-R
GOES-S
GOES-T
As of March 2nd, 2022, how many launches of the Atlas V remain?
21
23
24
25
The Atlas V has which one of these titles?
Most Powerful First Stage Engine
First Rocket Launched by ULA
Largest Fairing Diameter in Proportion to Body
Oldest Active American Rocket