Atlas-Centaur
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | expendable launch vehicle family → |
| agencyCustomer |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
→
surface form: "NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory"
|
| configuration | Atlas first stage with Centaur upper stage → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| designGoal | high-energy upper stage performance → |
| developedFrom | SM-65 Atlas → |
| era | Cold War space race → |
| familyMemberOf | Atlas launch vehicle family → |
| fuelTypeFirstStage | RP-1 → |
| guidanceSystem | inertial guidance → |
| heritage |
SM-65 Atlas
→
surface form: "Atlas missile program"
|
| intendedUse |
interplanetary missions
→
orbital launches → |
| launchCapability |
escape trajectories for deep space missions
→
geostationary transfer orbit → |
| launchSitesUsed |
Cape Canaveral
→
surface form: "Cape Canaveral Air Force Station"
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 → Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 →
surface form: "Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 36A"
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 →
surface form: "Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 36B"
|
| launchVehicleFamily | Atlas → |
| manufacturer |
Convair
→
General Dynamics → Lockheed Martin → |
| missionType |
communications satellite launches
→
planetary probe launches → weather satellite launches → |
| notableContribution | enabled early U.S. interplanetary exploration → |
| notableFeature | first operational rocket to use liquid hydrogen as fuel → |
| notablePayload |
Mariner interplanetary probes
→
Pioneer interplanetary probes → Surveyor lunar landers → |
| operator |
NASA
→
United States Air Force → |
| oxidizerFirstStage | liquid oxygen → |
| propellantTypeUpperStage |
liquid hydrogen
→
liquid oxygen → |
| reusability | expendable → |
| status | retired → |
| successor |
Atlas-Centaur
→
surface form: "Atlas II with Centaur"
Atlas-Centaur →
surface form: "Atlas III with Centaur"
Atlas-Centaur →
surface form: "Atlas V with Centaur"
|
| technology | cryogenic upper stage → |
| upperStage | Centaur → |
| upperStageEngineType | RL10 → |
| upperStageStructure | pressure-stabilized balloon tank design → |
| usedFor |
NASA missions
→
United States Air Force missions → |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Centaur upper stage"
this entity surface form: "Atlas II with Centaur"
this entity surface form: "Atlas III with Centaur"
this entity surface form: "Atlas V with Centaur"