Centaur upper stage

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The Centaur upper stage is a high-energy rocket stage developed by the United States that pioneered the use of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants to boost payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits and interplanetary trajectories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle stage ⓘ
rocket upper stage ⓘ
configurationVariant Centaur D ⓘ
linked to: Centaur

Centaur D-1A ⓘ
linked to: Centaur

Centaur D-1T ⓘ
linked to: Centaur G-Prime

Centaur G ⓘ
linked to: Centaur G-Prime

Centaur G-Prime ⓘ
Centaur II ⓘ
linked to: Centaur G-Prime

Centaur III ⓘ
linked to: Centaur G-Prime

Centaur V ⓘ
Centaur V-AC ⓘ
linked to: Centaur V

Centaur V-SEC ⓘ
linked to: Centaur T
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developer Convair ⓘ
General Dynamics ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ
United Launch Alliance ⓘ
engineManufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne ⓘ
engineTypeUsed RL10 ⓘ
firstFlight 1962-05-08 ⓘ
firstLaunchVehicle Atlas LV-3C ⓘ
notableCapability high specific impulse ⓘ
multiple restarts in space ⓘ
notableMission Cassini–Huygens mission ⓘ
linked to: Cassini–Huygens

New Horizons mission ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons

Pioneer interplanetary missions ⓘ
Surveyor lunar lander launches ⓘ
Voyager missions ⓘ
linked to: Voyager program
operatedBy United Launch Alliance ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
pioneeredUseOf liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellant combination for upper stages ⓘ
primaryFunction boost payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits ⓘ
send payloads on interplanetary trajectories ⓘ
propellant liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
typicalEngineCount 1 ⓘ
2 ⓘ
usedForMissionType Earth observation satellite deployment ⓘ
geostationary transfer orbit missions ⓘ
interplanetary science missions ⓘ
national security payload deployment ⓘ
usedOnLaunchVehicle Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas V ⓘ
Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Titan IIIE ⓘ
Titan IV ⓘ
Vulcan Centaur ⓘ
usesCryogenicPropellants true ⓘ

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RL10 → usedOn → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
RL10 → usedOn → Atlas V Centaur upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Atlas launch vehicle → upperStageOptions → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Atlas LV-3C Centaur → hasComponent → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Common Core Booster → usedWithUpperStage → Dual-Engine Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Common Core Booster → usedWithUpperStage → Single-Engine Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
SLC-41 → supportsUpperStages → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Atlas V 431 → upperStageHeritage → Centaur upper stage family ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Atlas V 531 → upperStage → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Atlas V N22 → upperStage → Dual Engine Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
United Launch Alliance Vulcan program → usesUpperStageFamily → Centaur upper stages ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Centaur T → family → Centaur upper stage family ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
LCROSS → impactor → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Commercial Titan III → upperStageType → Centaur upper stage (planned option) ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Atlas program → usedUpperStage → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Atlas-Centaur family → upperStage → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Centaur program → uses → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
Centaur program → component → Centaur D upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Centaur program → component → Centaur D-1 upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Centaur program → component → Centaur G upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Centaur program → component → Centaur G-Prime upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Centaur program → component → Centaur II upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Centaur program → component → Centaur III upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage
Centaur program → component → Centaur V upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Centaur upper stage