Centaur-III(5)

Author(s): EarthMoon BrianJ DaveBowman2001 toutatis

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This addon adds the spent upper stages of missions launched from an Atlas V rocket called the Centaur-III(5) booster. As of November 2022, a total of 40 objects were available below, more will be added in the near future:

  • 2002-038B = AV-001 (Hot Bird 6)
  • 2003-033B = AV-003 (EchoStar 12)
  • 2004-048B = AV-005 (AMC-16)
  • 2005-029B = AV-007 (MRO)
  • 2006-012B = AV-008 (Astra-1KR)
  • 2007-060B = AV-015 (NROL-24)
  • 2009-017B = AV-016 (WGS-2)
  • 2009-031C = AV-020 (LRO and LCROSS), crashed onto the lunar surface
  • 2009-047B = AV-018 (PAN)
  • 2009-064B = AV-024 (Intelsat 14)
  • 2010-005B = AV-021 (SDO)
  • 2010-039B = AV-019 (AEHF-1)
  • 2011-040B = AV-029 (Juno)
  • 2011-070B = AV-028 (MSL)
  • 2012-009B = AV-030 (MUOS-1)
  • 2013-004B = AV-036 (TDRS-11)
  • 2013-023B = AV-039 (GPS-2F4)
  • 2013-036B = AV-040 (MUOS-2)
  • 2014-004B = AV-043 (TDRS-12)
  • 2014-020B = AV-045 (NROL-67)
  • 2014-045B = AV-048 (GPS-2F7)
  • 2014-055B = AV-049 (CLIO)
  • 2014-068B = AV-051 (GPS-2F8)
  • 2015-002B = AV-052 (MUOS-3)
  • 2015-033B = AV-055 (GPS-2F10)
  • 2015-044B = AV-056 (MUOS-4)
  • 2015-056B = AV-059 (Mexsat-2)
  • 2015-062B = AV-060 (GPS-2F11)
  • 2016-041B = AV-063 (MUOS-5)
  • 2016-071B = AV-069 (GOES-16)
  • 2017-047B = AV-074 (TDRS-13)
  • 2018-022B = AV-077 (GOES-17)
  • 2018-079B = AV-073 (AEHF-4)
  • 2019-051C = AV-083 (AEHF-5)
  • 2020-022C = AV-086 (AEHF-6)
  • 2021-093B = AV-096 (Lucy), briefly mistaken for an asteroid called 2022 UQ1
  • 2021-118C = AV-093 (STP-3)
  • 2022-021B = AV-095 (GOES-18)
  • 2022-092B = AV-097 (SBIRS-GEO6)
  • 2022-123C = AV-099 (SES-20 and 21)

NOTES:

  • The addon's Go-to Object button will take you to the Centaur booster of the Lucy spacecraft
  • The names of these upper stages are permanently hidden to simulate their status as inactive, defunct objects floating in space, but they can still be searched on Celestia itself upon entering the word "Centaur" or "AV-"
  • The Centaur from LRO/LCROSS requires the LCROSS addon to be installed first to be viewed, which is only visible from June 18 to October 9, 2009

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