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	Space Today Online - space rocket launch sites around the world
		The satellite was the 3rd stage of a three-stage rocket in a launch from Al-Anbar.
		Currently, Titan rockets are launched from pads 40 and 41, Delta from 17A and 17B, and Atlas Centaur from 36A and 36B.
		Rockets are not launched from Stennis, which is responsible for NASA's rocket propulsion testing and for partnering with industry to develop and implement remote sensing technology.
	www.spacetoday.org /Rockets/Spaceports/LaunchSites.html (6207 words)

	SignOnSanDiego Science News -- Rocket launch with NASA, Orbital Sciences payload goes awry, satellites probably lost
		Although the launch came in the aftermath of last week's terrorist attack on the United States, sabotage was not under consideration.
		The rocket also carried the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's QuikTOMS satellite, one of a series of NASA instruments that have kept tabs on ozone levels in the upper atmosphere since 1978.
		The oddest bedfellow in the rocket's mixed payload was provided by the Celestis Corp. The Houston company sells, at $5,300 a pop, the opportunity to launch small portions of cremated remains into orbit.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/20010921-1705-rocketlaunch.html (462 words)

	RocketModeler II 2.1f beta
		The location and orientation of the rocket is displayed during flight, although the rocket is not drawn to scale with the grid and surroundings.
		You may also launch from an "ideal" Earth, where there is gravity but no drag, or from the Moon, where there is no drag and 1/6th of the Earth's gravity, or from Mars, where there is reduced drag and roughly 1/3rd of the Earth's gravity.
		You may choose to model the effects of weather cocking on the launch by using the choice box on the input panel.
	exploration.grc.nasa.gov /education/rocket/rktsim.html (3097 words)

	Army Technology - WS 1B - Multiple Launch Rocket System
		The WS-1 rocket reaches a maximum speed of Mach 3.6 and the maximum flight altitude is 30km, giving a minimum firing range of 20km to 30km and a maximum firing range of 80km with probability deviation of 1%.
		The free rocket consists of the warhead and fuse, an FG-43 rocket motor and the tail section.
		An army rocket battery is equipped with one DZ-88B firing command truck, six to nine HF-4 rocket launch trucks and between six and nine QY-88B transport and loading trucks.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/ws1b (636 words)

	Space Today Online: Boeing Sea Launch Rocket
		An American-made communications satellite was ferried to Earth orbit by a Ukranian rocket launched from a platform floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
		Sea Launch Co., LDC, is a multinational commercial satellite launching venture formed in 1995 by Boeing Commercial Space Co. of the United States with partners Kvaerner a.s.
		The benefits of a submarine launch are primarily safety combined with the ease of putting a payload into a specified orbit.
	www.spacetoday.org /Rockets/BoeingSeaLaunch.html (1456 words)

	Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Technology
		The launch of the MER-B spacecraft will be the second use of a core Delta II "Heavy" launch vehicle and the first use of a Delta II "Heavy" launch vehicle with an upper stage.
		The amount of energy it took to launch each of the two Mars Exploration Rovers was slightly different because the distances between Earth, Mars and the Sun changed in between the two rover launch periods.
		Technologies associated with these propulsion maneuvers often involve better ways of measuring where the spacecraft is in space so that engineers can determine the appropriate burns needed to tweak the spacecraft's trajectory.
	marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov /technology/bb_propulsion.html (766 words)

	SPACE.com -- Weather Prevents Amateur Rocket Launch
		Launch of Spaceshot 2000, predescessor to the 2002 launch expected to reach an altitude of 62 nautical miles.
		The rocket, a 17-foot (5.81-meter) vehicle powered by solid rocket propellant, was undamaged and is ready to fly as soon as a new launch date is cleared through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
		Their rocket had an original launch date of Sept. 26, 2001, but was put off until June following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/csxt_rocket_020702.html (414 words)

	launch.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The teams will build high-powered model rockets with on- board computers that will capture information when the rockets are launched.
		Hynes said the program will acquaint high school teachers and students with launch technology issues related to the space launch industry emerging in New Mexico.
		The teams will launch the rockets from the NMSU College Ranch on Wednesday, July 26.
	www.nmsu.edu /~ucomm/Releases/2000/july2000/launch.html (312 words)

	The Evolution of Rockets
		The military's rockets were larger and more ambitious, and the A2 which flew in 1934 developed a thrust of 16000 newton.
		The usual payload of the V-2 rocket was one ton (1000 kg), and with that a height of about 100 km was possible.
		The launch mass of the V-2 was about 75% fuel and 25% rocket, but as high as that may seem, it is not nearly good enough for spaceflight.
	www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov /stargaze/Srockhis.htm (1506 words)

	Science NetLinks: Rocket Launch
		When the rocket was designed, thought had to be given to how the model would be manufactured, operated, maintained, replaced, and disposed of and who would sell, operate, and take care of it.
		Launch the rocket several times while having students pay attention to how you operate the launch, the flight of the rocket, and the condition of the rocket after each recovery.
		After launching the rocket, ask students how it was similar to and different from the launching of a real rocket, and to what they expected.
	www.sciencenetlinks.com /Lessons.cfm?DocID=145 (1058 words)

	Space Future - How Much New Technology is Required for Future Reusable Launch Systems?
		It is generally assumed that substantial improvements of technology are required for the next generation of (reusable) launch vehicles.
		The tremendous difference of potential launch vehicle system concepts and the required new technologies do not only have a dramatic effect on development cost and time schedule but also on the later operability (risk and reliability) as well as on the finally achievable reduction of transportation cost into space.
		It is recognized generally that the related technology must be available at the start of a dedicated vehicle development programme in order to reduce the technical and financial risk.
	www.spacefuture.com /archive/how_much_new_technology_is_required_for_future_reusable_launch_systems.shtml (1595 words)

	USATODAY.com - Liftoff propels Japan back into space race after 2003 failure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The 174-foot-tall rocket, with the word "Nippon," or Japan, emblazoned on its side, lifted off into a cloudy sky just before sunset from the sprawling space center on this remote southern island.
		Japan's space agency, JAXA, was counting on a successful launch to help revive the reputation of the H-2A, which serves as the centerpiece of this country's space program, and to demonstrate that Japan remains a viable contender in an increasingly heated Asian space race with China.
		All H-2A launches had been put on hold following a humiliating failure in November 2003, when a booster failed to detach and controllers had to detonate the rocket and its payload of two spy satellites just minutes after liftoff.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2005-02-26-japan-rocket-launch_x.htm?csp=36 (611 words)

	CNN.com - Probe setback for Japan rocket launch - February 4, 2002
		The rocket was launched on Monday morning from the rocky Tanegashima islet, 980 kilometers (610 miles) southwest of Tokyo.
		Monday's launch was its second and final scheduled test flight from the Tanegashima space center.
		NASDA had to scrap an earlier series of rockets, the H-2, when one failed to get its payload in orbit and another had to be exploded by remote control so it wouldn't veer out of control.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/02/04/japan.rocket (677 words)

	Rockets for Schools
		Students were briefed on the different aspects of the launch and were given a tour of the different launch stations.
		The rocket contained a payload that was constructed by a team of professionals and students from UW-Madison's engineering school.
		Rockets for Schools is a fun and exciting way for kids to learn about space technologies while providing them with an opportunity to be part of an extraordinary team-building event.
	www.rockets4schools.org /about.html (359 words)

	Sea Launch Mission page - Koreasat 5
		Sea Launch is now preparing for our next mission, the launch of the XM-4 broadcast satellite, planned for October.
		Our fourth mission for XM Satellite Radio, we are proud to be the launch service provider of choice for the #1 satellite radio service in the United States.
		From its equatorial launch site at 154 degrees West Longitude, a Zenit-3SL launch vehicle will lift the 5255 kg (about 11,561 lb.) XM-4 commercial DARS satellite to an optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit, on its way to a final orbital position of 115 degrees West Longitude, in support of XM’s on-going service requirements.
	www.sea-launch.com /current_launch.htm (472 words)

	Mars Global Surveyor: Technology
		Each Mars mission is part of a continuing chain of innovation: each relies on past missions to identify needed new technologies and each contributes its own innovations to benefit future missions.
		The lighter weight reduced the size of the launch vehicle required from a Titan III to a Delta rocket, saving an additional $250 million.
		The Magellan spacecraft at Venus was the first planetary spacecraft to use aerobraking, in a demonstration in the summer of 1993.
	mars.jpl.nasa.gov /mgs/technology (930 words)

	ESA - Launcher Technology - Launcher systems
		A launch vehicle is a complex system conceived to deliver a payload to a given orbit by providing the right altitude and velocity for orbit injection.
		This has to be achieved at the mimumum launch cost possible and with the maximum reliability and overall quality of launch service.
		Evolutions of the Ariane 5 and Vega may be needed in the next decade to improve their capability to cope with future institutional needs and to enhance their competitiveness.
	www.esa.int /SPECIALS/Launchers_Technology/SEMP2B67ESD_0.html (251 words)

	Russian rocketry
		By 1933, nine types of ground- air- and sea-based rockets had been tested at GDL (82) By that time, the personnel of the lab had grown from an original 10 people to 200.
		Capitalizing on the experience accumulated by German rocket enthusiasts since the second half of the 1920s, a group of engineers at the secret center in Peenemunde developed a ballistic missile of incomparable size and range.
		An entire new industry and new class of weapons was born, while their creators had already conceived dreams of sending spacecraft into orbit around the Earth.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /rockets.html (1220 words)

	Spaceflight :Solid Propellants for Missiles and Rockets
		In fact, the rockets that Francis Scott Key observed during the War of 1812, called Congreve rockets after their English inventor William Congreve, and which are mentioned in the U.S. national anthem, were virtually identical to those fired by the Chinese eight centuries before.
		Solids were used for many military applications, such as short-range rockets, but they were not used for any long-range applications, and certainly not for spaceflight due to their comparative lack of power.
		Soviet rocket designers produced better liquid propellants than their early ones that could be stored inside the missile for long periods of time, but they lagged far behind the United States in solid propellant technology.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/SPACEFLIGHT/solids/SP13.htm (1531 words)

	Voice of the Nation's Blind: Blind Students Launch Rocket During 2005 Rocket On! Science Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Students were working on telemetry, launch circuits, fueling the rocket, safety precautions, and recovering the payload, just to mention a few of the jobs.
		All the NASA staff worked with the rocket for hours to diagnose the problem, and we were told that they had to take it back off the launcher to do some serious repairs to the wiring harness inside the rocket.
		At last the rocket finally leaped off the launcher, a tremendous cheer went up in the control room, and one of the enormous video screens began to show the rocket’s trajectory as reported by the NASA radar systems.
	www.voiceofthenationsblind.org /articles/176/blind-students-launch-rocket-during-2005-rocket-on-science-academy (1657 words)

	RedOrbit - Space - Orbital Set to Launch NASA's Space Technology 5 Spacecraft Aboard Pegasus Rocket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The launch is currently scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, during an available launch window that extends from 8:57 to 10:19 a.m.
		Its patented air-launch system, in which the rocket is launched from beneath Orbital's "Stargazer" L-1011 carrier aircraft over the ocean, reduces cost and provides customers with unparalleled flexibility to operate from virtually anywhere on Earth with minimal ground support requirements.
		The company's primary products are satellites and launch vehicles, including low-orbit, geostationary-orbit and planetary spacecraft for communications, remote sensing and scientific missions; ground- and air-launched rockets that deliver satellites into orbit; and missile defense boosters that are used as interceptor and target vehicles.
	www.redorbit.com /news/space/427844/orbital_set_to_launch_nasas_space_technology_5_spacecraft_aboard/index.html?source=r_space (704 words)

	Candle wax is rocket science: Paraffin fuels test launch
		Conventional rocket fuels are either solids or liquids, but paraffin fuels are used in a hybrid system combining solid and liquid materials.
		The fuel burns very rapidly in the rocket combustion chamber to generate the rocket propulsion force known as thrust.
		They have tested rocket motors with 2,500 pounds of thrust, the amount that might be needed for a third stage rocket in a launch system.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/news/report/news/2003/november5/rocketwax-115.html (1065 words)

	AeroWorldNet(tm) - What's Wrong With the Launch Industry? [May 10, 1999]
		What we're seeing with the latest series of rocket launch failures is the working out of "the kinks" in a new generation of rocket launch technology, Caceres told AWN.
		Successful launches receive their share of attention, but a rocket blowing up in fireball over the night sky or the loss of a multi-million dollar satellite payload, especially if it was built at the taxpayers' expense, is going to lead newscasts all over the world.
		These new vehicles, equipped with new generation technology, don't undergo the same length of testing performed on launch vehicles of the past in order to speed their introduction into the marketplace, Caceres said.
	www.aeroworld.net /1ls05109.htm (1034 words)

	First Civilian Rocket Launched into Outer Space
		The booster had landed in a desolate area about 3 miles from where the rocket’s payload was initially recovered—a mere 24 hours after launch.
		The GoFast Rocket reached a speed of approximately 4,000 miles per hour to break through the definition of outer space, which is 62 miles.
		The team’s expectation of what would happen at this launch was bursting with energy and anticipation, and watching this rocket in its pursuit of outer space was absolutely extraordinary!" Michaelson continued.
	www.gofastsports.com /brand/rocketlaunch2.html (877 words)

	Launch Vehicles
		The Atlas V debuts in a commercial launch from Cape Canaveral in July 2003.
		The last launch of an Atlas from this family of vehicles was the Atlas III MLV-15 mission, which launched an NRO spacecraft in February 2004.
		The innovative Atlas V and Delta IV rockets will be the follow-on launch technology to replace the remaining “heritage” launch vehicles—the Titan IV, Atlas II and Delta II—as they are phased out by 2007.
	www.aero.org /programs/launch.html (772 words)

	Rocket.ActiveGuide
		launched from application pages: Click on the icon at the right to see a demonstration of a page that offers very granular and compartmentalized help launched from multiple points on each of the three pages in this demo.
		The distinction is that the user launches the content only once by clicking on any one of the links in the application.
		launched from outside of the application: Those responsible for the development and the keeping of the application and those responsible for authoring the help, performance support and eLearning often operate in separate "worlds".
	www.rocketsoftware.com /portfolio/activeguide/democenter/launchoptions/default.htm (477 words)

	Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
		SpaceX is developing a family of launch vehicles intended to substantially reduce the cost of reliable access to space.
		Our first launch vehicle, named Falcon, is a two stage, liquid oxygen and kerosene powered rocket capable of placing half a ton into low Earth orbit.
		While drawing upon the ideas of many prior launch vehicle programs from Apollo to the X-34/Fastrac, SpaceX is privately developing the entire Falcon rocket from the ground up, including both engines, the turbo-pump, the cryogenic tank structure and the guidance system.
	www.spacex.com (235 words)

	MissileThreat :: News Archive: Technology
		The MDA today conducted a simple booster verification test launch of the three stage Lockheed Martin booster, Booster Verification Test-5, which is to be used for the Ground-Based Midcourse defense system to be deployed this year in Alaska and California.
		The Aegis system is one of the many “hit to kill” technologies which demonstrates time and again it is indeed possible to “hit a bullet with a bullet.” The sea-based system is but one important part of the layered defense necessary to protect the United States.
		The purpose of these missiles was not merely to be used for launching satellites—a reference to SLV capacity is a common means to distract attention from missiles’; military value.
	missilethreat.com /news/technology.html (4351 words)

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