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Centaur (rocket stage) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | proposed as a high energy upper stage for the (additional info and facts about Saturn I) Saturn I, (additional info and facts about Saturn IB) Saturn IB and (additional info and facts about Saturn V) Saturn V rockets. |
 | | Centaur was the world's first high-energy upper stage. |
 | | It burns liquid hydrogen ((additional info and facts about LH2) LH2) and liquid oxygen ((Brine-cured salmon) LOX), stored in balloon tanks, in either one or two RL-10 cryogenic rocket engines. |
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