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Vikas engine – Introduction

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Vikas Engine is a liquid fueled rocket engine made by India. It was developed by Nambi Narayanan and his team during the 1970′s. It is used in the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) series of expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. It is similar to, the Viking. [...]

Rocket launch – Launch vehicles

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If a rocket is launched to deliver a payload from a planetary surface into space it is called a launch vehicle. There are several broad categories that launch vehicles fall under, including: * Expendable launch system * Reusable launch system * Single stage to orbit * Two stage to orbit For the launch vehicles currently [...]

Soyuz-U – Recent missions

Lately Soyuz-U vehicles have been used by the Russian Federal Space Agency mostly with Progress-M robotic cargo spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). The most recent Soyuz-U mission launched Progress M-05M to the ISS on 30 June 2010. Its most recent non-Progress launch was on 16 April 2010, when a Soyuz-U was used [...]

Mars for Less – Introduction

Mars for Less (MFL) is a proposal for a near-term human Mars expedition that involves the use of existing Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELVs, or alternatively, Medium-Lift Launch Vehicles, MLLVs). The MFL plan claims that the barrier to entry for a manned Mars mission can be lowered significantly by avoiding development costs in launch vehicles, [...]

RD-107 – Introduction

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RD-107 is a type of rocket engine initially used to launch R-7 Semyorka missiles. RD-107 engines were later used on space launch vehicles based on the R-7. , very similar RD-117 engines are used to launch the Soyuz FG, which is in active service. Adapted from the Wikipedia article RD-107, under the G. N. U. [...]

Space center – Introduction

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space center is a place dedicated to space activity. It may be in public or private ownership. These activities may concern: * Research * Manufacturing of major parts of space vehicles * Launch of space vehicles * in orbit control of space vehicles Adapted from the Wikipedia article Space center, under the G. N. U. [...]

Brazilian space program – Introduction

Brazilian space program is the most advanced space program in Iberoamerica, with significant capabilities in launch vehicles, launch sites, and satellite manufacturing. It is based at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT). It was founded by Decree nº. 4.724, on June 9, 2003. Adapted from the [...]

Soyuz programme – Soyuz rocket

The launch vehicles used in the Soyuz expendable launch system are manufactured at the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center (TsSKB-Progress) in Samara, Russia. As well as being used in the Soyuz programme as the launcher for the manned Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz launch vehicles are now also used to launch unmanned Progress supply [...]

Brazilian Space Agency – Launch vehicles

VLS The VLS – Satellite Launch Vehicle is the Brazilian Space Agency’s main satellite launch vehicle. It is a four-stage rocket composed of a core and four strap-on motors. The vehicle’s first stage has four solid fuel motors derived from the Sonda sounding rockets. It is intended to deploy 100 to 380 kg satellites into [...]

45th Space Wing – Aircraft and Launch Vehicles Operated

*A-20 Havoc (1941–1942) *B-18 Bolo (1941–1942) *Minotaur I *Taurus *Pegasus *Delta II *Delta IV *Atlas V *Titan IV *Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ==Related content Category:Military in Brevard County, Florida 0045 Category:Military units and formations in Florida Category:Military units and formations established in 1940Adapted from the Wikipedia article 45th Space Wing, under the G. N. U. [...]

Juno I – Launch history

* January 31, 1958: Orbited Explorer 1 satellite weighing 30.66& lb (13.91& kg) with 18.35& lb (8.32& kg) of payload, perigee 224& mi (360& km), apogee 1,575& mi (2,535& km). Explorer 1 ceased transmission of data on May 23, 1958, when its batteries died, but remained in orbit for more than 12 years. It made [...]

Barack Obama space policy speech at Kennedy Space Center – Reliance on commercially-operated launch vehicles

In a major shift in the function of NASA in American human spaceflight, the Obama administration proposal would rely solely on launch vehicles designed, manufactured, and operated by private aerospace companies, with NASA paying for flights for government astronauts, much like the way private space tourism company Space Adventures bought Soyuz flights from the Russian [...]









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