
Centaur (rocket stage) - Wikipedia
The 3.05 m (10 ft) diameter Common Centaur/Centaur III flies as the upper stage of the Atlas V launch vehicle, and the 5.4 m (18 ft) diameter Centaur V has been developed as the upper stage of ULA's new Vulcan rocket.
Titan IIIE - Wikipedia
The Titan IIIE or Titan 3E, also known as the Titan III-Centaur, was an American expendable launch system. Launched seven times between 1974 and 1977, [ 4 ] it enabled several high-profile NASA missions, including the Voyager and Viking planetary probes and the joint West Germany-U.S. Helios spacecraft .
Centaur: America's Workhorse in Space - NASA
Dec 12, 2012 · In the 1970’s, Centaur was combined with the Air Force Titan III booster to provide a capability to launch larger spacecraft. Together, with Atlas and Titan boosters, Centaur served as the upper stage for probes and fly-by’s to other planets, to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
The Common Centaur is the upper stage for all Atlas IIIB and Atlas V configurations. The first Atlas IIIB was successfully launched in February 2002 from Launch Pad 36B at Cape
Centaur - d20srd.org
+3 natural armor bonus. Automatic Languages: Sylvan, Elven. Bonus Languages: Common, Gnome, Halfling. Favored Class: Ranger. Level adjustment +2.
Atlas-Centaur - Wikipedia
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.
Centaur - Gunter's Space Page
1 1 Centaur-A Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A AC- 1 09.05.1962 F*CC LC-36A Centaur AC-1 2 1 Centaur-B Atlas-LV3C Centaur-B AC- 2 27.11.1963 CC LC-36A Centaur AC-2 3 1 Centaur-C Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C AC- 3 30.06.1964 F CC LC-36A Centaur AC-3 4 2 Centaur-C Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C AC- 4 11.12.1964 P CC LC-36A Surveyor-Model 1 5 3 Centaur-C Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C AC- 5 02.03.1965 F CC LC-36A Surveyor-SD 1 6 1 ...
Centaur Program | Glenn Research Center | NASA
Aug 15, 2024 · 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. The Centaur suffered numerous problems before being transferred to Lewis in 1962.
Centaur stage series - Encyclopedia Astronautica
Dual-engine Centaur for Atlas IIIB. The Lockheed Martin manufactured Centaur IIIB upper stage is powered by two Pratt & Whitney RL10A-4-2 turbopump-fed engines burning liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
CENTAURI-3 - Terran Orbital
Mar 22, 2021 · Designed for use in the energy, utilities, and resource industries, the Centauri satellites are built to the 6U CubeSat form factor. They weigh less than 10 kg and are the size of a shoe box. Centauri 3 has 119 times the data capacity compared to its Centauri 1 & 2 predecessors. Centauri 3 utilizes Terran Orbital’s Triumph 6U spacecraft bus.