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Atlas LV3C Centaur D
🇺🇸1:110 Scale
H:33.3 cmD:2.8 cm
~35 bricks tall~4 studs wide
Maiden Launch1965-08-11
Family: Atlas
2 Stages
Height / Length
36.6 m
Diameter
3.1 m
Launch Mass
136,000 kg
Takeoff Thrust
1,880 kN
LEO Capacity
3,600 kg
Mission Profile
The Atlas LV3C Centaur D was a two-stage American launch vehicle in the Atlas family, an early operational combination of the Atlas booster with the pioneering Centaur high-energy hydrogen/oxygen upper stage. Standing 36.6 m tall with a 3.1 m diameter and a liftoff mass of 136 tonnes, it generated 1,880 kN of liftoff thrust and could deliver 3,600 kg to low Earth orbit. First flying in August 1965, the Atlas LV3C Centaur D launched Surveyor lunar landers that paved the way for the Apollo Moon landings and demonstrated the Centaur's revolutionary cryogenic technology.
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