First operational mission assigned to vehicle was NASA's Surveyor program, concerned with softlanding spacecraft on lunar surface; Atlas/Centaur is 2- and 2 1/2-stage liquid propellant launch vehicle; Atlas which is lower stage and 1/2 uses liquid oxygen and RP-1 as propellants; Centaur upper stage uses liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen; description of configuration and checkout; design features and their impact on handling, checkout, and launch operation; unified Test Plan ensures comprehensive analysis of performance of every element of system; data management system is also described. (16708)


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    Title :

    Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle operation experience


    Additional title:

    SAE Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1968 Launching


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :