rocket launch

  • 1Rocket launch — A rocket launch is the first phase of the flight of a rocket. For orbital spaceflights, or for launches into interplanetary space, rockets are launched from a launch pad, which is usually a fixed location on the ground but may also be on a… …

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  • 2Rocket launch site — A rocket launch site or launch complex is a facility at which rocket launches are conducted. It has usually one or more launch pads or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad. For launch vehicles with liquid propellant, suitable… …

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  • 3Keweenaw (Rocket launch site) — The Keweenaw rocket launch site was an isolated launch pad located in U.S. state of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. It was used between 1964 and 1971 for launching rockets for meteorological data collection. NASA along with the University of… …

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  • 4Launch — may refer to:In boating: *Launch (boat), a large motor boat *Motor Launch (ML), a small military vessel used by the Royal Navy *Ship naming and launching, when a ship or boat is dispatched from a slipway, prior to fitting out and commissioningIn… …

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  • 5Fort Churchill (rocket launch site) — Fort Churchill is a rocket launching complex located in Churchill, Manitoba at coord|58|44|03|N|93|49|13|W|. The site has been used on and off since the mid 1950s for sub orbital launches of various sounding rockets during several major… …

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  • 6Launch Complex 2 — may refer to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 2, a deactivated US Air Force launch site Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2, an active rocket launch site This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If …

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  • 7Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …

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  • 8Launch vehicle — Satellite launch vehicle redirects here. For the Indian rocket, see Satellite Launch Vehicle A Russian Soyuz lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan heading for the ISS In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket… …

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  • 9Launch pad — A launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecrafts liftoff. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures. The service structure provides an access platform to inspect the launch vehicle prior to launch.… …

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  • 10Rocket Mania! — Infobox VG title= Rocket Mania! caption= Screenshot from Rocket Mania developer= Nuclide Games publisher= PopCap Games distributor= Various designer= Luc Van den Borre series= engine= PopCap Games Framework version= 1.01 released= 1.0 (August 15 …

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