Titan IIIE-Centaur
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Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Titan IIIE-Centaur canonical | 4 |
| Titan III-Centaur | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Titan IIIE-Centaur Context triple: [Voyager 2, launchVehicle, Titan IIIE-Centaur]
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Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur was an American expendable launch vehicle family that combined an Atlas booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send payloads, including early interplanetary probes, into space.
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LC-39B
LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
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C.
Falcon 9 rocket
The Falcon 9 rocket is a partially reusable, two-stage orbital launch vehicle developed by SpaceX that has revolutionized commercial spaceflight through frequent, cost-effective missions and routine booster landings.
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D.
Saturn V
Saturn V was a powerful American heavy-lift launch vehicle used during the Apollo and Skylab programs to send astronauts and payloads into space, including missions to the Moon.
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E.
Falcon Heavy rocket
The Falcon Heavy rocket is SpaceX’s heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying large payloads to orbit using a reusable, triple-booster first stage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Titan IIIE-Centaur Target entity description: Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.
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A.
Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur was an American expendable launch vehicle family that combined an Atlas booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send payloads, including early interplanetary probes, into space.
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B.
LC-39B
LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
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C.
Falcon 9 rocket
The Falcon 9 rocket is a partially reusable, two-stage orbital launch vehicle developed by SpaceX that has revolutionized commercial spaceflight through frequent, cost-effective missions and routine booster landings.
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D.
Saturn V
Saturn V was a powerful American heavy-lift launch vehicle used during the Apollo and Skylab programs to send astronauts and payloads into space, including missions to the Moon.
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E.
Falcon Heavy rocket
The Falcon Heavy rocket is SpaceX’s heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying large payloads to orbit using a reusable, triple-booster first stage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch vehicle
ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| boosterType | Titan IIIE ⓘ |
| configuration | two-stage core with optional upper stage ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| designFeature | high-energy cryogenic upper stage for Earth-escape missions ⓘ |
| developedFor | NASA planetary missions ⓘ |
| era | 1970s ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1974 ⓘ |
| firstStage |
Titan IIIC
ⓘ
surface form:
Titan III core stage
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| fuelUpperStage | liquid hydrogen ⓘ |
| lastFlightDate | 1977 ⓘ |
| launchComplex |
Cape Canaveral LC-41
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surface form:
Space Launch Complex 41
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| launchesFailed | 1 ⓘ |
| launchesSuccessful | 6 ⓘ |
| launchesTotal | 7 ⓘ |
| launchServiceProvider | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
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surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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| launchVehicleClass | heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ |
| launchVehicleFamily |
Titan III
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surface form:
Titan family
|
| manufacturer | Martin Marietta ⓘ |
| missionProfile |
Earth-escape trajectories
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heliocentric orbits ⓘ |
| notableMission |
Helios program
ⓘ
Viking 1 ⓘ
surface form:
Viking program
Voyager program ⓘ |
| notablePayload |
Helios 1
ⓘ
Helios 2 ⓘ Pioneer 11 ⓘ Viking 1 ⓘ Viking 2 ⓘ Voyager 1 ⓘ Voyager 2 ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
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United States Air Force ⓘ |
| oxidizerUpperStage | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| primaryRole | launching deep-space probes ⓘ |
| propulsionTypeUpperStage | cryogenic ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Titan IVB/Centaur
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surface form:
Titan IV-Centaur
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| upperStage | Centaur ⓘ |
| upperStageFamily |
Centaur
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surface form:
Centaur family
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| usedFor |
deep-space missions
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interplanetary missions ⓘ planetary exploration ⓘ |
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Subject: Titan IIIE-Centaur Description of subject: Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.
Referenced by (5)
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