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Provides a centralized location for information on Nasa X-aircraft. Also provides links to photos, fact sheets, line drawings and movie clips.
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Please click on photo to see contents...Purdue Review with links to vehicle manufacturers
http://aae.www.ecn.purdue.edu/AAE/Career/Launch.html
Hypersonic flow theory and applications to waveriders and other hypersonic flight vehicles.
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Aerospaceweb.org Hypersonic Waveriders Home Hypersonic flow theory and applications to waveriders and other hypersonic flight vehicles. hypersonics, hypersonic flow, hypersonic flight, waveriders, x-43 hyper-x, xb-70 valkyrie, x-30, loflyte, aurora Hypersonic Waveriders Enter Aircraft Design Ask Us Shop Search About Us Contact Us Copyright 1997-2005...The engineering of a rocket for the space access prize.
http://www.ricardis.tudelft.nl/~bastiaan
Space related company in Russia, launch vehicle and rocket engine design and manufacturing, commercial launch and satellite.
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ASTEK Ltd. Home Page This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them....Developer of low-cost small satellite launch vehicles and sounding/target rockets.
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Home Page Overhead view of section of the Mojave test site showing J79 source jet engine (bottom center) feeding test ducting. Exhaust exit center-left feeds test engine (not installed Tanks in view supply water, liquid oxygen and liquid air under pressure. Instrumentation...Descriptions and pictures of various Boeing space products, including defence systems, satellites and launch vehicles.
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/
Description of each engine including technical drawings.
http://www.geocities.com/uncle_rocket
An hypothetical alternative space launch system.
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Space Launcher: Pylon Turn Wing Concept Space is not a closed door to us, but while it costs $10,000 a pound to get anything up through the atmosphere and into orbit, we are stuck with our foot in the door. Rockets are seen as the only...Spacedrive technology based on nuclear power. Personal page.
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PROJECT ORION Orion is one of the great what if's of the twentieth century. Today, nuclear powered spaceships seem like little more than laughably naive 1950's science fiction, but it might have been otherwise and still could be. Orion was a project...Information about aerospike and annular nozzles, such as how they work and their advantages and disadvantages.
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Aerospaceweb.org Aerospike Engine Home Information about aerospike and annular nozzles, what they are, how they work, their advantages and disadvantages. nozzle characteristics, conical nozzle, bell, spike, annular, plug, expansion-deflection, altitude compensation, x-33 Aerospike Engine Enter Aircraft Design Ask Us Shop Search About Us Contact...Information on sky ramp technology and its applications.
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Space Ramp Technology Mankind needs an inexpensive method of launching spacecraft. For the past 40 years, the only method has been multi-stage expendable rockets. There has always been great interest in a single-stage Reusable Launched Vehicle (RLV to allow ordinary people to visit...Overview, manuals and countdowns of the Japanese rocket.
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H-IIA Launch Vehicle NASDA Japan cannot make a direct communication via Kodama in the geostationary orbit to the Earth Observation Center (Hatoyama-cho, Saitama Pref H-IIA Rocket External View (Standard Type) Japanese Main Large-scale Launch Vehicle H-IIA is Japan's primary large-scale launch vehicle equipped with...Offers overview of research in advanced space transportation research at the Marshall center of NASA.
http://astp.msfc.nasa.gov/ast/astp.html
The site provides technical data and general information about the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GSLV.
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Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) The first development flight, GSLV-D1, carries experimental communication satellite, GSAT-1. SALIENT FEATURE Overall length:49 m Lift-off weight:401 t No. of stages:3 Payload (GSLV-D1):GSAT-1 (1530 kg) Orbit (GTO):180 x 36,000 km GSLV is a three stage vehicle, 49m tall. The first...The page provides a listing of russian launch vehicles and a comparison of their sizes. Links are provided for obtaining further information on the modern launchers such as Energia.
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Launch Vehicles To magnify click with the right button (PC) or control click (Mac) Overview of Russia's space launcher fleet (alphabetical Launcher Manufacturer index Base rocket US DOD designation Sheldon designation Developer Payload Angara Khrunichev Angara-2 NPO Energia Angara-100 Khrunichev Angara-3 Khrunichev...Provides official information on the Chinese launch vehicle series 'Long March', including news, launcher manuals and services.
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Welcome to China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology The third Chinese-made spaceships was successfully launched by LM-2F launch vehicle, and returned home smoothly. Long March Launch Vehicle User's Manual 2C User's Manual 2e User's Manual 3a User's Manual 3b User's Manual 3c User's Manual...Offers facts sheet on the Indian launcher and data in recent launches.
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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Developmental flights completed with successful third developmental launch in March 1996. IRS-1D launched by PSLV-C1 on September 29, 1997. Now available for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. IRS-P4 (OCEANSAT) and two piggy back...Database of launch vehicle characteristics.
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Space Database Database provides a comprehensive overview of aerospace products and hardware, including expendable and reusable launch vehicles, rocket engines and motors, as well as satellite buses, satellite constellations, upper stages and launch sites. We also have a launch schedule that summarizes...Provides a space enthusiast's view of the possibility to use alternative means for propulsion of spacecraft.
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- Rotational Slingshot Catapult (RSC a huge space craft, invented to shoot objects through space H catapult propulsion speed lever force lever Mini STS Micro STS Fig. 7 N E W on June 27/2003 in red colour Through using simple lever rules, an advantageous weight distribution and the fact that the shooted probe doesn´t have...Information on a project aiming to design the world's smallest orbital launch vehicle.
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eAc V is designed to be the world's smallest orbital launch vehicle, capable of placing 350-1200 lb payloads into low earth orbit. The system is operated with a minimal ground crew and is easily transportable on its own mobile ground launcher....Offers presentation of the company's launch vehicles, including the Pegasus and others.
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Space Launch Systems Pegasus rocket is launched from the company's Stargazer L-1011 carrier aircraft and has proven to be the industry's small space launch workhorse, having conducted 35 missions from six different launch sites worldwide since 1990. Our Taurus and Minotaur ground-launched rockets...Provides overview and explanation of the Pegasus launch system. Includes relevant links.
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Pegasus Summary A final systems check is performed and the Pegasus vehicle is released. After a few seconds of free fall, the Pegasus Orion 50S XL first stage motor is ignited and the vehicle accelerates out of the Earth's atmosphere. Two additional...Database offering an overview of the world's fleet of launchers.
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Expendable Launch Vehicles An expendable launch vehicle is made up of one or more rocket stages. After each stage has burned its compliment of propellant, it is expended (jettisoned from the vehicle) and left to crash back to Earth. This section provides an...Manufacturers of civil and military launchers used in major space launch programs, Ariane 4 and Ariane 5, orbital transfer vehicles. strategic and ballistic missiles
http://www.space.eads.net/web1/home/index.asp
A chronicle of the development of the Boeing McDonnell Douglas Delta family of expendable launch vehicles, from the Thor-Delta (1960) to the present day.
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History of the Delta Launch Vehicle A valuable contribution to the field of aerospace literature this book includes an extensive overview of Delta history and development along with chapters on Atlas, Titan, Scout, Space Shuttle, and much more. Order the book today for 30% off at...A LEO launcher development by a group of space enthusiast. Features engine and vehicle designs, project descriptions and membership information.
http://www.erps.org/