Atlas V rocket | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 29/05/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:01:09 1 Vehicle description
00:01:59 1.1 Atlas V first stage
00:04:37 1.2 Centaur upper stage
00:06:03 1.3 Payload fairing
00:07:21 1.4 Further developments
00:08:07 1.4.1 Atlas V CTS (Crew Transportation System)
00:13:10 1.4.2 New solid boosters
00:13:42 2 Variants
00:15:33 2.1 Versions
00:15:51 3 Cost
00:18:32 4 Atlas V launches
00:18:57 4.1 Notable missions
00:21:31 4.2 Mission success record
00:23:41 5 Proposed development options
00:23:52 5.1 Replacement for the RD-180 engine
00:25:12 5.2 Atlas V Heavy
00:27:00 5.3 Atlas Phase 2
00:28:25 5.4 GX rocket
00:29:01 6 Successor
00:30:21 7 Photo gallery



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Atlas V ("V" is pronounced "Five") is an expendable launch system in the Atlas rocket family. It was formerly operated by Lockheed Martin and is now operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture with Boeing. Each Atlas V rocket uses a Russian-built RD-180 engine burning kerosene and liquid oxygen to power its first stage and an American-built RL10 engine burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to power its Centaur upper stage. The RD-180 engines are provided by RD Amross, while Aerojet Rocketdyne provides both the RL10 engines and the strap-on boosters used in some configurations. The standard payload fairing sizes are 4 or 5 meters in diameter and of various lengths. Fairings sizes as large as 7.2 m in diameter and up to 32.3 m in length have been considered. The rocket is assembled in Decatur, Alabama and Harlingen, Texas.