Atlas Centaur
In-activeConvair ()
May 8, 1962
Description
The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
33.0 m -
Diameter
3.05 m -
Fairing Diameter
3.05 m -
Launch Mass
― -
Thrust
1704.0 kN
Family
-
Name
Atlas Centaur -
Family
― -
Variant
Centaur -
Alias
― -
Full Name
Atlas LV-3C Centaur
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
― -
Low Earth Orbit
― -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
1800.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―
Convair
Commercial
None
1943Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.
Atlas Centaur | Surveyor-SD 1
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 2, 1965, 1:25 p.m.
Atlas Centaur | Surveyor Mass Model
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 11, 1964, 2:25 p.m.
Atlas Centaur | AC-3 Instrumentation Ring
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 30, 1964, 2:04 p.m.
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