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2. Centaur (rocket stage) - Wikipedia

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   The Centaur is a family of rocket propelled upper stages that has been in use since 1962. It is currently produced by U.S. launch service provider United Launch Alliance, with one main active version and one version under development. The 3.05 m (10.0 ft) diameter Common Centaur/Centaur III flies as the upper stage of the Atlas V launch vehicle ...

3. Atlas-Centaur - Wikipedia

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   Atlas performance was close to nominal with the sustainer running slightly LOX-rich for the first 70 seconds of flight and the trajectory being more lofted than expected. Insulation panel and payload shroud jettisons were tested for the first time. Following Centaur staging and engine start, the number two (C-2) engine began to lose roll control.

4. Atlas (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Multi-layer insulation - Wikipedia

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   The metal coated plastic layers and the scrim separator are visible. Multi-layer insulation ( MLI) is thermal insulation composed of multiple layers of thin sheets and is often used on spacecraft and cryogenics. Also referred to as superinsulation, [1] MLI is one of the main items of the spacecraft thermal design, primarily intended to reduce ...

6. Why Atlas Energy's Shares Popped - AOL

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   What: Shares of Atlas Energy jumped 11% today after. Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case ...

7. Balloon tank - Wikipedia

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   Diagram of the Centaur balloon tank. A balloon tank is a style of propellant tank used in the SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and Centaur upper stage that does not use an internal framework, but instead relies on a positive internal pressurization to keep its shape. Balloon tanks are very light, and this permits a good ...