Atlas V 541

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Atlas V 541 is a heavy-lift configuration of the Atlas V expendable launch system used by NASA to send large interplanetary spacecraft, such as the Curiosity Mars rover, into space.

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Atlas V 541 canonical 23

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlas V launch vehicle configuration
expendable launch system
orbital launch vehicle
centaurEngineCount 1
configurationCodeMeaning 1 RL10 engine on Centaur upper stage
4 solid rocket boosters
5-meter fairing
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
fairingDiameter 5-meter payload fairing
fairingDiameterValue 5 meters
fairingType large payload fairing
family Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program
firstStage Common Core Booster
firstStageEngine RD-180
firstStageEngineType liquid-fueled engine
firstStageOxidizer liquid oxygen
firstStagePropellant RP-1 kerosene
launchCapability heavy-lift configuration
launchCustomer NASA Launch Services Program
launchedFrom Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
launchPad Cape Canaveral LC-41
surface form: Space Launch Complex 41
launchServiceProvider United Launch Alliance
launchSystemType expendable
launchVehicleFamily Atlas V
manufacturer United Launch Alliance
missionProfile high-energy escape trajectories
interplanetary injection
notablePayload Curiosity rover
Mars Science Laboratory
operator United Launch Alliance
propulsionType liquid and solid propulsion
solidBoosterCountValue 4
solidRocketBoosterCount 4
solidRocketBoosterType AJ-60A solid rocket booster
stageCount two-stage rocket
status operational
upperStage Centaur
upperStageConfiguration single-engine Centaur
upperStageEngine RL10
upperStageEngineType cryogenic engine
upperStageOxidizer liquid oxygen
upperStagePropellant liquid hydrogen
usedBy NASA
usedFor Mars missions
interplanetary missions
planetary science missions

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Curiosity rover launchVehicle Atlas V 541
Perseverance rover launchVehicle Atlas V 541
WATSON launchVehicle Atlas V 541
MEDA launchVehicle Atlas V 541
Ingenuity helicopter launchVehicle Atlas V 541
SAM launchVehicle Atlas V 541
DAN launchVehicle Atlas V 541
RAD launchVehicle Atlas V 541
ChemCam launchVehicle Atlas V 541
Mastcam launchVehicle Atlas V 541
Mars 2020 launchVehicle Atlas V 541
MOXIE launchVehicle Atlas V 541
Atlas V configurationOptions Atlas V 541
Curiosity launchVehicle Atlas V 541
MSL launchVehicle Atlas V 541