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CENTAUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM ******... 16
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TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
period.
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During the past two and one-half years, the Centaur vehicle
has undergone one of the most rigorous ground-tzsting programs
of any U.S. rocket. Both the Atlas booster and Centaur second
LAUNCH VEHICLE
tion since the booster engines are jettisoned after use. Atlas
as the oxidizer.
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each.
less steel, the same material used for the Atlas tanks. Pay-
panels weigh about 1,250 pounds and are jettisoned after the
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PAYLOAD CONFIGURATION
mission.
will radio data measurements from Centaur for about six hours,
Atlantic.
Following injection into orbit, an S-band transponder
liftoff.
MISSION DESCRIPTION
is jettisoned.
of about 90 miles.
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Utilization System.
cylinders then force the Centaur and the model apart. At this
24,500 maph.
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4 SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
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system.
about 15 minutes.
also will circle Earth, out in a shorter orbit than the model.
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Program Manager.
GD/Convair.