Atlas-Centaur family
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The Atlas-Centaur family is a series of American expendable launch vehicles that combined Atlas booster stages with Centaur upper stages to place satellites and interplanetary probes into orbit and deep space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlas-Centaur family canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American launch vehicle family
ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| developedFrom | Atlas missile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyIncludes |
Atlas-Centaur G
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atlas-Centaur I NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas-Centaur II NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas-Centaur III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStage | Atlas booster stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchesProbes | interplanetary probes ⓘ |
| launchesSatellites |
communications satellites
ⓘ
military satellites ⓘ weather satellites ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
NERFINISHED
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Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Vandenberg Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Convair
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
General Dynamics NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePayload |
Intelsat communications satellites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mariner interplanetary probes NERFINISHED ⓘ Pioneer interplanetary probes ⓘ Surveyor lunar landers NERFINISHED ⓘ TDRS communications satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Atlas G Centaur
NERFINISHED
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Atlas I Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas II Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas IIA Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas IIAS Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas III Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas IIIA Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas IIIB Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas SLV-3C Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NASA
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United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| propellantTypeUpperStage |
liquid hydrogen
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liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor | Atlas V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyFeature |
cryogenic upper stage
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pressure-stabilized first stage ⓘ |
| upperStage | Centaur upper stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
interplanetary launch vehicle
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orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| usedFor |
geostationary transfer orbit missions
ⓘ
planetary exploration missions ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.