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gptkbp:instanceOf
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rocket project
space technology project
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:United_States
Lewis Research Center (now Glenn Research Center)
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gptkbp:developedBy
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gptkb:NASA
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
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gptkbp:firstFlight
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May 8, 1962
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Centaur rocket project
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gptkbp:manufacturer
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gptkb:Lockheed_Martin
gptkb:General_Dynamics
gptkb:Convair
gptkb:United_Launch_Alliance
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:1963_Atlas-Centaur_AC-5_explosion
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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cryogenic upper stage
enables high-energy missions
pioneered use of RL10 engine
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gptkbp:notableFor
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first rocket stage to use liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as propellants
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gptkbp:notableMission
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gptkb:Pioneer_missions
gptkb:Mars_Science_Laboratory
gptkb:New_Horizons
gptkb:Voyager_1
gptkb:Voyager_2
gptkb:Pioneer_10
gptkb:Pioneer_11
gptkb:Mariner_missions
gptkb:Surveyor_lunar_landers
gptkb:Voyager_missions
gptkb:Surveyor_1
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gptkbp:notableModel
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gptkb:James_A._Van_Allen
gptkb:Harold_R._Kaufman
gptkb:Krafft_Ehricke
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gptkbp:notableRelease
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gptkb:Centaur_G
gptkb:Centaur_III
gptkb:Centaur_V
gptkb:Centaur_D
gptkb:Vulcan_Centaur
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gptkbp:purpose
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upper stage for launch vehicles
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Atlas_V
gptkb:RL10_engine
gptkb:Titan_IIIE
gptkb:Atlas-Centaur
gptkb:Vulcan_Centaur
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gptkbp:startDate
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1958
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gptkbp:status
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active (as of 2024, in Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur)
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gptkbp:usedIn
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gptkb:Atlas_V
gptkb:Titan_IIIE
gptkb:Atlas-Centaur
gptkb:Titan_IV
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Annie_Easley
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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