Centaur upper stage

E288033

expendable launch vehicle stage rocket upper stage

The Centaur upper stage is a high-energy rocket stage developed by the United States that pioneered the use of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants to boost payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits and interplanetary trajectories.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Centaur upper stage canonical	3
Atlas V Centaur upper stage	1
Dual-Engine Centaur	1
Single-Engine Centaur	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch vehicle stage ⓘ rocket upper stage ⓘ
configurationVariant	Centaur ⓘ surface form: Centaur D Centaur ⓘ surface form: Centaur D-1A Centaur G-Prime ⓘ surface form: Centaur D-1T Centaur G-Prime ⓘ surface form: Centaur G Centaur G-Prime ⓘ Centaur G-Prime ⓘ surface form: Centaur II Centaur G-Prime ⓘ surface form: Centaur III Centaur V ⓘ Centaur V ⓘ surface form: Centaur V-AC Centaur T ⓘ surface form: Centaur V-SEC
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	Convair ⓘ General Dynamics ⓘ Lockheed Martin ⓘ United Launch Alliance ⓘ
engineManufacturer	Aerojet Rocketdyne ⓘ
engineTypeUsed	RL10 ⓘ
firstFlight	1962-05-08 ⓘ
firstLaunchVehicle	Atlas LV-3C ⓘ
notableCapability	high specific impulse ⓘ multiple restarts in space ⓘ
notableMission	Cassini–Huygens ⓘ surface form: Cassini–Huygens mission New Horizons ⓘ surface form: New Horizons mission Pioneer plaque project ⓘ surface form: Pioneer interplanetary missions Surveyor lunar lander launches ⓘ Voyager program ⓘ surface form: Voyager missions
operatedBy	United Launch Alliance ⓘ
oxidizer	liquid oxygen ⓘ
pioneeredUseOf	liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellant combination for upper stages ⓘ
primaryFunction	boost payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits ⓘ send payloads on interplanetary trajectories ⓘ
propellant	liquid hydrogen ⓘ liquid oxygen ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
typicalEngineCount	1 ⓘ 2 ⓘ
usedForMissionType	Earth observation satellite deployment ⓘ geostationary transfer orbit missions ⓘ interplanetary science missions ⓘ national security payload deployment ⓘ
usedOnLaunchVehicle	Atlas II ⓘ Atlas III ⓘ Atlas V ⓘ Atlas-Centaur ⓘ Titan IIIE ⓘ Titan IV ⓘ Vulcan Centaur ⓘ
usesCryogenicPropellants	true ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RL10 → usedOn → Centaur upper stage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlas V Centaur upper stage

Atlas launch vehicle → upperStageOptions → Centaur upper stage ⓘ

Atlas LV-3C Centaur → hasComponent → Centaur upper stage ⓘ

Common Core Booster → usedWithUpperStage → Centaur upper stage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dual-Engine Centaur

Common Core Booster → usedWithUpperStage → Centaur upper stage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Single-Engine Centaur