Launch Vehicle Payloads: ULA
Launch vehicle payload capabilities, fairing envelope dimensions, and spacecraft mechanical/acoustic environment specifications. Covers active and recent vehicles: Falcon 9 (expendable/reusable RTLS/drone), Falcon Heavy (expendable/partial/full recovery), Atlas V (401/551), Vulcan Centaur (VC2S/VC6S), Delta IV Heavy, Ariane 6 (A62/A64), Vega-C, Soyuz-2 (ST-A/ST-B), PSLV-XL, H3 (30S/22L), Long March 5, Long March 3B, Electron (standard/expanded fairing), LauncherOne, New Glenn, and Starship. Per SpaceX Falcon Users Guide 2021, ULA Atlas V Mission Planner's Guide Rev 11a, Arianespace User Manuals, NASA GEVS-STD-7000B.
| launch provider | vehicle config | acoustic oaspl db (dB) | fairing inner diameter m (m) | fairing usable length m (m) | fairing volume m3 (m3) | max axial accel g (g) | max lateral accel g (g) | min axial freq hz (Hz) | min lateral freq hz (Hz) | notes | payload gto kg (kg) | payload leo kg (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULA | AtlasV_401 | 135 | 3.75 | 9.8 | 65 | 5.5 | 2 | 35 | 15 | Single RD-180 core; 4 m PLF; 0 solid boosters; 1 Centaur engine; 185 km 28.5 deg LEO; GTO 167x35786 km 27 deg | 4,950 | 18,850 |
| ULA | AtlasV_551 | 135 | 4.57 | 12.2 | 127 | 5.5 | 2 | 35 | 15 | Single core with 5 SRBs; 5 m PLF (4.572 m ID); 3 Centaur engines; maximum Atlas V GTO performance; 5.4 m OD fairing | 8,900 | 18,850 |
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