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半人马座级是当今世界上唯一应用的高能上面级,它是美国用来发射太阳系探测器,大型地球同步通信卫星和远空间观测器的主要上面级。半人马座级目前多与宇宙神下面级配合使用,也与较大的大力神助推器一起使用。美国航宇局最近决定把半人马座级与航天飞机结合起来,用以承担未来的对太阳系的观测任务。本文介绍了半人马座计划的现况,这包括:火箭的特性,计划的性能改进和发射日程安排。此外还介绍了半人马座级与航天飞机配合要做的改进和改进后的能力。
The Centaur is the only high-energy upper-class used today in the world. It is the main upper stage used by the United States to launch solar-powered detectors, large geosynchronous communications satellites and far-field observers. The Centaur is now mostly used with lower levels of the Cosmic God, and with larger Hercules boosters. The U.S. space agency recently decided to combine the Centaur with the space shuttle to take on the future mission of observing the solar system. This article describes the status of the Centaur program, which includes: rocket features, planned performance improvements, and launch schedules. In addition, it introduces the improved and improved capabilities of the Centaur and Space Shuttle.