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	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) near Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island in Florida, United States.
		Launchpad 39B was slightly modified for Saturn IB use, and launched three manned missions to Skylab in 1973, as well as the Apollo component of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.
		The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, operated by Delaware North Companies at no taxpayer expense, is home to a number of museums, two IMAX theatres, and various bus tours allowing visitors a closer look at various restricted areas that would otherwise not be possible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center (1732 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center
		The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility at Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island[?] in Florida, United States.
		Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969 and the Moon was walked on at 10.56 pm, July 20.
		KSC was also the launch site for the Space Shuttle, reusing the Complex 39 Apollo infrastructure, as well as the landing site, with a 4.6 km runway built as the Shuttle Landing Facility.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ks/KSC.html (930 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was originally built by the Soviet Union as the base of operations for its ambitious space program from the late 1950s to the '80s.
		Baikonur is fully equipped with facilities for launching both manned and unmanned space vehicles.
		The goal of the project is the construction of the Baiterek (poplar tree) space launch complex, to facilitate operations of the Russian Angara rocket launcher.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome (610 words)

	START I - JCIC Joint Statement 32 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Launch canisters remaining after the launch or launches that are not returned to the national territory of that Party shall be eliminated in situ in the open using the procedures set forth in paragraph 5 of Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol, except for the process of elimination by explosion.
		Such launch canisters shall remain visible to national technical means of verification during the entire elimination process and the remains of such launch canisters shall remain visible to national technical means of verification until removed from such space launch facility for return by the party to its national territory.
		(e) Prior to the elimination of such a space launch facility, the remains of eliminated support equipment and launch canisters, as well as devices removed from launch canisters in accordance with subparagraph (c), shall be returned to the territory of the party that conducted the launch or launches.
	www.defenselink.mil /acq/acic/treaties/start1/other/jcic_joint_statements/joint_statements_32.htm (390 words)

	technology@ugusta: Russian's botched Mars mission teaches U.S. about tracking objects in space 12/14/96
		COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A plume of flames lit the darkness Nov. 16 at Russia's Tyuratam space launch facility as a rocket lifted from the ground with a 6-ton spacecraft embarking on a yearlong journey to Mars.
		Space Command had its satellites and radar pointed on the area the spacecraft was supposed to reach.
		Space Command's role is to track and analyze the launches and re-entries and then pass the information along to the Pentagon, officials said.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/121596/russian.html (1126 words)

	takashi space
		Takashi Space was launched in March 2005 as an international venture dedicated to planning projects supporting the future of space access.
		Takashi Space focuses on a number of new, innovative technologies for alternate and/or lower-cost access to space, as well as envisioning new forms and locations for launch facilities that better suit current companies, governments and universities, as well as the challenges of space access in the 21st century.
		Takashi Space has been working on the ground-based infrastructure required to facilitate maintaining a profitable and safe space elevator tether point, and the requirements for expansion to multiple tether points and new elevator systems.
	www.takashispace.com (359 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Israel: Missile Facilities
		The facility is also sometimes referred to as Yavne, which is the urban area near the Soreq nuclear research center.
		Space launch activities at Palmachim began with the launch of the Ofeq-1 satellite on 19 September 1988.
		Launches are restricted to retrograde orbits due to range safety restrictions, which mandate firing westward across the Mediterranean Sea, rather than eastward over neighboring Arab countries.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Israel/Missile/3568_3703.html (399 words)

	Space Port - Launch Sites
		Famous rockets launched from here include: the Proton Rocket which is used to launch satelittes and launch modules to the International Space Station.
		The first space launches from Svobodnyy, which could come as early as 1996, will be with Rokot boosters in modified silos.
		The first launch at the Kennedy Space Center was of a captured German V-2 rocket on July 24 1950.
	www.aerospaceguide.net /spacebusiness/launchfacilities.html (501 words)

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		The KSC is responsible for the assembly, checkout and launch of the Space Shuttle vehicles and their payloads, landing operation and the turn-around of Space Shuttle orbiters, as well as preparation and launch of unmanned vehicles.
		The Center also manages the testing and launch of unpiloted space vehicles from an array of launch complexes, and conducts research programs in areas of life sciences related to human spaceflight.
		U.S., space vehicle launch facility, Bucholz Army Airfield (PKWA), USAKA (Kwajalein Island), 167 degrees west by 7.6 degrees north, Marshall Islands, for HETE 2 satellite by Pegasus.
	www.spacecraftnames.info /k.html (2417 words)

	START I: JCIC Joint Statement 21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Parties understand that the process of connecting two portions of the "Start" space launch vehicle in formal preparation for its launch shall not be considered assembly for the purposes of the Treaty.
		The Parties understand that technical data on space launch vehicles that incorporate the first stage of an ICBM or SLBM shall not be required in Annex F to the Memorandum of Understanding, and that exhibitions of such space launch vehicles shall not be required.
		The Parties further understand that a space launch vehicle that incorporates any stage of an ICBM or SLBM that is not a first stage of an ICBM or SLBM, and does not incorporate the first stage of an ICBM or SLBM, is not subject to the provisions of the Treaty.
	www.defenselink.mil /acq/acic/treaties/start1/other/jcic_joint_statements/joint_statements_21.htm (406 words)

	The Planetary Society Sends Condolences to the Indian Space Community Following Deadly Accident - Planetary News \| The ...
		The mishap took place in the Center’s solid propellant space booster plant, where rocket motors are filled with the solid fuel required for their operation.
		According to a statement by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a crew of nine engineers and technicians were in the final stages of a 13 day-process in which 14.5 tons of solid rocket fuel were fitted into a section of a booster.
		The Satish Dhawan Space Center is India’s primary space launch facility, and has been in use since 1971.
	www.planetary.org /news/2004/0226_The_Planetary_Society_Sends_Condolences.html (398 words)

	CNN.com - China takes another leap toward manned spaceflight - March 26, 2002
		Among the onlookers at the space launch facility in north central China was President Jiang Zemin, who offered praise during a congratulatory speech.
		It was the third such experimental craft launched from the Jiaquan Satellite Launching Center in Gansu province in recent years.
		During the launch, an escape system that could save the lives of astronauts should anything go wrong in a future launch was also tested.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/03/25/china.launch/index.html (639 words)

	Camels, spacecraft in world's oldest launch site
		The world's largest and oldest space launch facility, built by the Soviet Union in 1955 as a strictly closed military complex kept a secret from the West, Baikonur has become key to the US space program.
		Gennady Yarygin from the space constructor Energiya is bitter but resigned about the scrapping of the program, which made just one flight in 1988, returning from orbit successfully, and was planned to fly eventually to Mars.
		Moscow therefore plans to switch launches of satellites to the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the far north of Russia, in a bid to minimise outside intervention, although manned missions will still be undertaken from Kazakhstan.
	www.spacedaily.com /2003/030425031953.gz837kax.html (620 words)

	Mr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The bad new is Texas does not have a space launch facility, the good news is Texas does not have a space launch facility.
		They have evolved from facilities for ICBM testing and are based on the philosophy and processes that safety is assured by destroying the launch vehicle when necessary.
		launch pads, maintenance facilities) and have to operate in an existing environment and culture, and with the inefficiencies associated with a mixed fleet.
	www.house.gov /hasc/testimony/106thcongress/99-06-29moser.htm (1357 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome
		The facility includes both surface and underground launch pads as well as ground control stations used to track launches and communicate with orbiting spacecraft, and a 1500-kilometer rocket test range.
		In the 1950s, the former Soviet Union announced that its space launch operations were being conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and released the coordinates of a small mining town, Baikonur, to describe its location.
		The December 1991 Joint Activity in Space and Exploitation agreement, signed at the creation of the confederation of states of the former Soviet Union, recognized the importance of Baikonur and the need to maintain it for the benefit of all member states.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/BAIKONUR/DI171.htm (509 words)

	Aerospace Technology - Svobodny Launch System, Russia
		The most important problem was the access to space launch facilities; Baikonur Cosmodrome, the largest Soviet space centre, is now in the newly independent Kazakhstan.
		Five or six existing launch silos could reportedly be easily modified for the rocket launch vehicle based on UR-100 ballistic missile.
		During 2000, NPO Mashinostroenia, was still at the initial stage with its plans to convert the launch silos in Svobodny for its Strela booster.
	www.aerospace-technology.com /projects/svobodny (684 words)

	Jiuquan - Chinese Space Facilities
		Overview of the Jiuquan space launch facility and nearby city of Hexixincun.
		Hexixincun is about 6 kilometer to the west of the launch facility and is the Chinese eqivalent of the U.S. Cape Canaveral.
		The Launch vehicle vertical processing building is over 1400 meters from the launch pad.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/china/jiuquan-imagery.htm (157 words)

	MissileThreat :: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In truth, the launch facilities are located approximately 400 km to the southwest near Tyuratam.
		The Soviets actually built the city of Leninsk near the facility to provide apartments, schools, and administrative support to the tens of thousands of workers stationed at the launch facility.
		The launch of this type of rocket with the European Cryosat research satellite on board on 8 October proved to be a failure.
	www.missilethreat.com /systems/baikonur_cosmodrome.html (1014 words)

	The Universe Today - Australia is Go for Launch
		The Australian space industry seems to be undergoing somewhat of a renaissance at present, with the Federal Government announcing a commitment of $100 million towards the building of a new spaceport at Christmas Island.
		The new facility is expected to generate 300-400 jobs during the construction phase and up to 550 jobs once it is operational, including an influx of 300 Russians to carry out launch operations.
		Ikin is pleased that the Government seems to be taking a fresh look at the space industry and is recognising it as a "wave of the future with enormous potential." He attributes this in part to the spaceport, which he says has acted as a "catalysing agent," but also to a fortuitous chain of events.
	www.universetoday.com /html/articles/2001-0906a.html (1592 words)

	Halfbakery: Steam Space Launch Facility
		The pressure between the space vehicle and the sled would eject the space vehicle from the sled, transfer the sleds momentum to the space vehicle and decelerate the sled for recovery.
		A space launch facility will never be simple since safety and the high energies involved will not allow you to wish away the nonlinearities and such.
		Since your steam source is not mounted on the vehicle, the highest speed the vehicle could acheive would be less than the speed of the released steam; the relative velocity at impingement would determine the force exerted on the vehicle.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Steam_20Space_20Launch_20Facility (2246 words)

	Space Transportation News of November 2000
		National Space Development Agency officially postpones the maiden flight of its H-2A launch vehicle, from February 2001 to the third quarter of the year at the earliest.
		Two more launches are slated for the third quarter with the second test-flights of a solar sail and of NPO Lavochkin's inflatable reentry shield.
		Space Radar Corp., which was awarded its license in 1998, had planned to launch the Radar 1 satellite in 2001.
	www.space-launcher.com /News2000-11.html (7439 words)

	ard8
		Located on Florida's central Atlantic coast, NASA's premier space launch facility, the John F. Kennedy Space Center, is as busy as ever with launches while adding a few new looks at the same time.
		Space transportation integrates many systems, such as launch and landing of spacecraft, payload processing, vehicle ground processing, range systems, flight vehicle systems, and ground and flight crew training systems.
		The combination of pressures to achieve successful space launches while maintaining the integrity of the fragile environment around it, has pushed Kennedy into new fields of study and research.
	www.sti.nasa.gov /tto/spinoff2000/ard8.htm (927 words)

	ESA - Integral - The launch site - Baikonur
		Built in 1955, when Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union, Baikonur covers 6717 square kilometres and extends 75 kilometres from north to south and 90 kilometres from east to west.
		It was from Baikonur that the first satellite to orbit the Earth was launched, and that Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth, was launched into space and the history books in 1961.
		Altogether it took two years to build the complex and the city of Leninsk had to be built nearby to provide apartments, schools and facilities for the thousands of workers involved in the project.
	www.esa.int /SPECIALS/Integral/ESAKQNPV16D_0.html (250 words)

	Will We Build Svobodnyy?
		Thus, the location of a space launch facility in Amur Oblast (city of Svobodnyy, 51[DEG] north latitude) will permit minimizing losses of the latitude increment, which at Baykonur is 317 m/sec, at Plesetsk 212 m/sec and at Svobodnyy 291 m/sec.
		Another no less important one, and under today's financial and resource limitations a determining one, is the presence of developed logistic and technical support facilities and a primary infrastructure which could be used in constructing and operating a new space launch facility.
		Natural and social-demographic factors also are of substantial importance: the distance of the booster rocket launch site from densely populated areas, seismic safety, and the number and size of impact areas for the separating booster rocket parts.
	www.fas.org /news/russia/1995/druma139_s95009.htm (1452 words)

	:: NASA Quest > Archives :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Kennedy Space Center launch facility crew and the Goddard Space Flight Center Office of Launch Systems who procure the Delta also were super.
		The launch period actually opened on December 2, but the weather was so bad that they decided at 8 a.m.
		Later that night, out at the launch control center, I was sitting at a console with Wes Huntress, head of NASA science; Wes's deputy, Earl Huckins; Ed Stone, the JPL director; and the Director of the Kennedy Space Center.
	quest.arc.nasa.gov /mars/team/journals/shirley/3.html (1011 words)

	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Roland Miller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Vandenberg Air Force Base is one of only four orbital launch facilities in the continental United States.
		Still actively launching expendable rockets, the Air Force had built a Space Shuttle Launch Facility (see above), only to discontinue plans to launch Air Force shuttle missions from Vandenberg after the Challenger accident.
		Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC6) Abandoned Space Shuttle Launch Facility
	www.rolandmiller.com /pages/vafb.html (60 words)

	Aerospace Technology - Christmas Island Asia Pacific Launch Facility
		Asia Pacific Space Centre Pty Ltd (Asia Pacific) is an Australian company that plans to build, own and operate a commercial satellite launch facility known as the Asia Pacific Space Centre (APSC) on the Australian territory of Christmas Island.
		A further feature of the launch facility will be a casino resort from which tourists will be able to watch launches taking place.
		When the launch vehicle is assembled and linked with the satellite, it is carried by rail to the Launch Complex and lifted into a vertical position on the concrete launch pad.
	www.aerospace-technology.com /projects/christmas (795 words)

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