Atlas-Centaur

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Atlas-Centaur was an American expendable launch vehicle family that combined an Atlas booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send payloads, including early interplanetary probes, into space.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Atlas-Centaur (Atlas-Centaur was an American expendable launch vehicle family that combined an Atlas booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send payloads, including early interplanetary probes, into space.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ
agencyCustomer NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
configuration Atlas first stage with Centaur upper stage ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designGoal high-energy upper stage performance ⓘ
developedFrom SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
era Cold War space race ⓘ
familyMemberOf Atlas launch vehicle family ⓘ
fuelTypeFirstStage RP-1 ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
heritage Atlas missile program ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
intendedUse interplanetary missions ⓘ
orbital launches ⓘ
launchCapability escape trajectories for deep space missions ⓘ
geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
linked to: Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 36A ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 36B ⓘ
launchVehicleFamily Atlas ⓘ
manufacturer Convair ⓘ
General Dynamics ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ
missionType communications satellite launches ⓘ
planetary probe launches ⓘ
weather satellite launches ⓘ
notableContribution enabled early U.S. interplanetary exploration ⓘ
notableFeature first operational rocket to use liquid hydrogen as fuel ⓘ
notablePayload Mariner interplanetary probes ⓘ
Pioneer interplanetary probes ⓘ
Surveyor lunar landers ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
oxidizerFirstStage liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantTypeUpperStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
reusability expendable ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Atlas II with Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas III with Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur

Atlas V with Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
technology cryogenic upper stage ⓘ
upperStage Centaur ⓘ
upperStageEngineType RL10 ⓘ
upperStageStructure pressure-stabilized balloon tank design ⓘ
usedFor NASA missions ⓘ
United States Air Force missions ⓘ

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Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pioneer plaque project → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Voyager 1 → launchVehicle → Centaur upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur → successor → Atlas II with Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur → successor → Atlas III with Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur → successor → Atlas V with Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Pioneer 10 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Pioneer 11 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Atlas → notableVariant → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Atlas → familyIncludes → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Centaur → usedOnLaunchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
SM-65 Atlas → successorAsLaunchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Mariner 10 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Launch Pad 36A → rocketFamilySupported → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
LC-36A → launchVehicleType → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Launch Pad 36B → vehicleTypeSupported → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
LC-36B → usedRocket → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
LC-36 → primaryLaunchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
LC-36 → firstLaunchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
LC-36 → associatedProgram → Atlas-Centaur program ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Atlas launch vehicle → usedInProgram → Atlas–Centaur program ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Atlas launch vehicle → familyMember → Atlas–Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Surveyor program → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Atlas LV-3C Centaur → configurationOf → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Atlas LV-3C Centaur → program → Atlas-Centaur program ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Einstein Observatory → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
HEAO-1 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Mariner 9 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Solar Maximum Mission → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Atlas rocket → successor → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Pioneer 10 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
subject linked to: Pioneer
Pioneer 11 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
subject linked to: Pioneer
Atlas program → notableVariant → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Mariner 6 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Mariner 7 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Mariner 8 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Atlas family → hasVariant → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Surveyor 7 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Surveyor 3 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Surveyor 4 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Surveyor 5 → launchVehicle → Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
Atlas-Centaur family → notableVariant → Atlas IIAS Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur family → notableVariant → Atlas IIIA Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur
Atlas-Centaur family → notableVariant → Atlas IIIB Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Atlas-Centaur