--- title: "Lucy: ULA successfully launches Atlas V" description: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Lucy mission for NASA lifted off on Oct. 16 at 5:34 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. image: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/av_lucy_l3%20copy.jpg --- [![ULA_Logo](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/ULA_Logo.png)](https://www.ulalaunch.com/) [![](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/Back%20Arrow%20Blue.png) Back To Blog List](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog) [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [Lucy: ULA successfully launches Atlas V](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0) October 16, 2021 [![Share on facebook](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/facebook.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) [![Share on twitter](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/twitter.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Lucy%3A+ULA+successfully+launches+Atlas+V) [![Share on linkedin](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/linkedin.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) ![](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/av_lucy_l3%20copy.jpg) A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Lucy mission for NASA lifted off on Oct. 16 at 5:34 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Lucy mission for NASA lifted off on Oct. 16 at 5:34 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date ULA has launched 146 times with 100 percent mission success. “We are honored to partner with NASA to launch this one-of-a-kind mission and are proud to add the Lucy mission to the Trojan Asteroids to our list of exploration launch successes,” said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs. “We are very proud to launch this spacecraft on its historic 12-year journey to eight different asteroids, and thank our mission partners for their teamwork.” [Atlas V Lucy Launch Blog](https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/archived-launched/atlas-v-lucy) ## Related News & Topics [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches 100th National Security Mission](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-100th-national-security-mission) July 30, 2024 [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Second Vulcan Certification Flight](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-second-vulcan-certification-flight) October 4, 2024 [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [SILENTBARKER/NROL-107: United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Joint National Security Mission](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/silentbarker/nrol-107-united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-joint-national-security-mission) September 10, 2023 - [![Apple App Store Badge](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/App_Store_Badge.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ula-anywhere-ar/id1454852470) - [![Google Play Store Badge](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/google-play-badge.svg)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ula.anywherear&hl=en) - - - - - - Copyright 2026 United Launch Alliance, LLC. All Rights Reserved [Privacy](https://www.ulalaunch.com//terms-and-conditions#anchor11) | [Terms of Use](https://www.ulalaunch.com//terms-and-conditions)