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.

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Atlas-Centaur family canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American launch vehicle family ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developedFrom Atlas missile ⓘ
familyIncludes Atlas-Centaur G ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas-Centaur I ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas-Centaur II ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas-Centaur III ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
firstStage Atlas booster stage ⓘ
launchesProbes interplanetary probes ⓘ
launchesSatellites communications satellites ⓘ
military satellites ⓘ
weather satellites ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
manufacturer Convair ⓘ
General Dynamics ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ
United Launch Alliance ⓘ
notablePayload Intelsat communications satellites ⓘ
Mariner interplanetary probes ⓘ
linked to: Mariner program

Pioneer interplanetary probes ⓘ
Surveyor lunar landers ⓘ
linked to: Surveyor bus

TDRS communications satellites ⓘ
notableVariant Atlas G Centaur ⓘ
Atlas I Centaur ⓘ
Atlas II Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas IIA Centaur ⓘ
Atlas IIAS Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas III Centaur ⓘ
Atlas IIIA Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas IIIB Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas LV-3C Centaur
operatedBy NASA ⓘ
United Launch Alliance ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
propellantTypeUpperStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Atlas V ⓘ
technologyFeature cryogenic upper stage ⓘ
pressure-stabilized first stage ⓘ
upperStage Centaur upper stage ⓘ
usedAs interplanetary launch vehicle ⓘ
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.

Atlas LV-3C Centaur → family → Atlas-Centaur family ⓘ