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Atlas SOHO Booster and Centaur ErectionThe launch vehicle for the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) mission is a two stage Atlas-IIAS (Atlas/Centaur). The Atlas, consists of a solid rocket booster stage powered by four Thiokol Castor IVA solid rocket boosters (SRB) and a core vehicle stage (booster and sustainer) powered by Rocketdyne MA-5A liquid propellant engines (RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen). The multiple firing Centaur is powered by two Pratt and Whitney (RL10A-4) liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engines with extendible nozzles. This video shows the erection of the Atlas booster and transportation (to 36-B launching pad) and erection of the Centaur.
Document ID
20000058129
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Video
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
September 29, 1995
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
KSC95-50997
WO X9095-258
NONP-NASA-VT-2000078650
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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