second-stage launcher
1Vega (launcher) — Infobox rocket caption = Vega rocket imsize=100px name = Vega function = Small orbital launch vehicle manufacturer = ESA/ASI country origin = Europe height = 30 m alt height = diameter = 3 m alt diameter = mass = 137,000 kg alt mass = stages = 4… …
2Mobile Launcher Platform — An MLP being carried by a Crawler Transporter. The Mobile Launcher Platform or MLP is one of three two story structures used by NASA to support the Space Shuttle stack during its transportation from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch… …
3Two-stage-to-orbit — A two stage to orbit (TSTO or DSTO Double/Dual Stage To Orbit) launch vehicle is a spacecraft in which two distinct stages provide propulsion consecutively in order to achieve orbital velocity. It is intermediate between a three stage to orbit… …
4European Launcher Development Organisation — The European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) was a multinational consortium formed in the 1960s to build an indigenous European space launch vehicle, Europa. In April 1960 the British government cancelled its Blue Streak missile… …
5launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …
6space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …
7MGM-31 Pershing — Pershing was a family of solid fueled two stage medium range ballistic missiles designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the Redstone missile as the United States Army s primary theater level weapon. The Pershing systems lasted over 30… …
8Soyuz (rocket family) — Soyuz A Soyuz U on the launch pad, ahead of the Soyuz 19 (ASTP) launch on 1975 07 15 Function Carrier rocket Manufacturer OKB 1 TsSKB Progress Country of o …
9Soyuz launch vehicle — The Soyuz launch vehicle (Western designation: A 2) is an expendable launch system manufactured by TsSKB Progress in Samara, Russia. It is used as the launcher for the manned Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soyuz program. It is now also used to… …
10Saturn (rocket family) — The Saturn family of rockets were developed by a team of mostly German rocket scientists led by Wernher von Braun to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. Originally proposed as a military satellite launcher, they were adopted as the… …
