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Centaur AC-1, 2, 3
Centaur AC-1 [NASA]
These Centaur flights were test flights of the then new developed cryogenic Centaur stage.
On these flights, there was no payload carried besides the instrumented Centaur stage it self.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Instrumented second stage |
| Operator: | |
| Contractors: | General Dynamics |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | Instrumented Centaur |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | 469 km × 1554 km, 30.30° (#2) |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centaur AC-1 | N/A | 09.05.1962 | CC LC-36A | *F | Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A | suborbital |
| Centaur AC-2 | 1963-047A | 27.11.1963 | CC LC-36A | Atlas-LV3C Centaur-B | ||
| Centaur AC-3 | 1964-F09 | 30.06.1964 | CC LC-36A | F | Atlas-LV3C Centaur-C |
