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Atlas · Centaur D

Atlas LV-3C Centaur D

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.

Height

33 m

Diameter

3.05 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Manufacturer

Convair

Total launches

7

Successful

7

Pending

0

Successful landings

0

Flight system

Built to move mass beyond the atmosphere.

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.