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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

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The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur vehicle

Specifications

Thrust
1,939 kN
Height
21 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch mass
120 t
Stages
2
LEO capacity
800 kg

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

17flightswith a definitive outcome
88.2%success rate15 of 17
6success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

5 of 17

All 17 flights