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The Atlas-Centaur was a United States expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. The vehicle featured a Centaur upper stage, the first such stage to use high-performance liquid hydrogen as fuel. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.
May 24, 2000 · Atlas IIIA-Centaur Launch, Photo Courtesy Lockheed-Martin. Classification: Space Launch Vehicle. Length: 170 feet, 2 inches. Diameter: 10 feet. Date of First Cape Canaveral Launch: May 24, 2000. Date of Final Cape Canaveral Launch: March 13, 2004. Number of Cape Canaveral Launches: 2.
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Nov 13, 2023 · An Atlas-Centaur rocket is at Cape Kennedy’s Pad 36A for a tanking test in preparation for the June 1964 AC-3 launch. Centaur was a 15000-pound thrust second-stage rocket designed for the military in 1957 and 1958 by General Dynamics. It was the first major rocket to use the liquid hydrogen technology developed by Lewis in the 1950s. On this page:
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 was a liquid propellant rocket burning RP-1 kerosene fuel with liquid oxygen ...
Model NameFirst LaunchLast LaunchTotal Launches195919603Atlas LV-3A19601968491959196391964196851The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the Atlas missile and the basis for all Atlas space launchers, debuting in 1959. [27] Atlas D weighed 255,950 lb (116,100 kg) (without payload) and had an empty weight of only 11,894 lb (5,395 kg); the other 95.35% was propellant.
By Cliff Lethbridge. Atlas-Centaur 1962 Launch, Photo Courtesy NASA. Classification: Space Launch Vehicle. Length: 105 feet. Diameter: 10 feet. Date of First Cape Canaveral Launch: May 8, 1962. Date of Final Cape Canaveral Launch: August 11, 1965. Number of Cape Canaveral Launches: 6.
Dec 7, 1991 · Diameter: 10 feet. Date of First Cape Canaveral Launch: December 7, 1991. Date of Final Cape Canaveral Launch: July 25, 1996. Number of Cape Canaveral Launches: 9. The Atlas II-Centaur was developed in 1989 specifically to support the launches of U.S. Air Force Defense Support Communications Satellite (DSCS) payloads.
