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Atlas-Centaur AC-27 at Launch Complex 36A in February 1972 prior to launching Pioneer 10. Initially, a modified Atlas D designated LV-3C was used as the first stage. This was quickly replaced by SLV-3C, and later the SLV-3D, both derived from the standard Atlas SLV-3 rocket.
Atlas-Centaur -A LV-3C. AC-1. CCAFS LC-36A. Test flight vehicle. Suborbital. Failure. First launch of the Atlas-Centaur vehicle. Centaur insulation panel separated prematurely, resulting in LH2 tank rupture at T+54 seconds and subsequent complete launch vehicle destruction. 2.
Version with basic Centaur upper stage. AKA: LV-3C. Payload: 1,700 kg (3,700 lb). Thrust: 173,843.00 kN (39,081,461 lbf). Gross mass: 136,124 kg (300,102 lb). Height: 33.00 m (108.00 ft). Diameter: 3.05 m (10.00 ft). Payload: 1,700 kg (3,700 lb) to a GTO.
Variants. SM-65 Atlas. SM-65D Atlas. Atlas LV-3C. Atlas IIIA. Atlas V. Atlas is a family of US missiles and space launch vehicles that originated with the SM-65 Atlas. The Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program was initiated in the late 1950s under the Convair Division of General Dynamics. [2]
Atlas LV-3B. The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Manufactured by Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.
19 May 1983. [ edit on Wikidata] The Atlas SLV-3, or SLV-3 Atlas was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas / SM-65D Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets. The Atlas SLV-3 was a stage and a half rocket, built as a standardized replacement for earlier Atlas launch systems, which had been derived ...
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