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 …

The Centaur stage for Atlas V is stretched 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) relative to the Atlas IIAS Centaur and is powered by either one or two Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10A-4-2 engines, each engine …

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 …

Atlas V uses a standard common core booster, up to five solid rocket boosters (SRBs), a Centaur upper stage in a single- or dual-engine configuration, and one of several sizes of payload …

2015年3月2日 · Atlas-Centaur 5 had a total height of 34 meters and a fully-fueled launch mass of 136 metric tons. The Atlas first stage on this mission was the first in the Atlas-Centaur test …

The Atlas program has successfully launched 62 consecutive Atlas Centaur missions. The latest Centaur upgrade was in support of the Atlas V family of launch vehicles.

The Atlas V vehicle is controlled by an avionics system that provides guidance, flight control and vehicle sequencing functions during the booster and Centaur phases of flight.

2015年5月1日 · This Atlas-Centaur test flight was intended to be a vehicle development test but the Atlas stage failed 4 seconds after liftoff when the fuel pre-valve closed inadvertently. …

Learn about the Atlas V 5 rocket. Get a complete overview of the rocket, along with key launch stats. Detailed insights on size, thrust, payload capacity, and more.

2013年8月8日 · A prime objective of the AC-5 flight was to place a dynamic model of the Surveyor spacecraft in a simulated lunar transfer trajectory. An important facet of this problem is the …