atlas_ii | launchsite | cape_canaveral_air_force_station <tsp> atlas_ii | countryorigin | united_states <tsp> atlas_ii | finalflight | 2002-12-05 <tsp> atlas_ii | diameter | 304 m <tsp> atlas_ii | launchsite | spaceport_florida_launch_complex_36 <sep> 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 
the atlas ii originated from the u.s. and is 3.04 metres in diameter. it was launched from cape canaveral air force station and the spaceport florida launch complex 36. making its final flight on 5 december 2002.m launch launched the atlas ii into space in 2004