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71Inertial Upper Stage — The Inertial Upper Stage or IUS is a two stage solid fueled booster rocket developed by NASA and the U.S. Air Force for the launching of large payloads from either a Titan III (later Titan IV) rocket or from the payload bay of the Space… …
72CONTOUR — The CO met N ucleus TOUR (CONTOUR) was a NASA Discovery class space probe that failed shortly after launch. It had as its primary objective close flybys of two comet nuclei with the possibility of a flyby of a third known comet or an as yet… …
73Operation Shed Light — Part of the Vietnam War Tropic Moon III B 57G aircraft with FLIR and LLLTV in nose …
74Strategic Defense Initiative — Organization SDIO Agency overview Formed 1984 Dissolved 1993 (renamed) Superseding a …
75Boilerplate (rocketry) — The term boilerplate in rocketry refers to a non functional craft, system, or payload which is used to test various configurations and basic size, load, and handling characteristics. It is far less expensive to build multiple, full scale, non… …
76Spacebus — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Spacebus Caption = Spacebus 4000C3 (AMC 12) Organization = Thales Alenia Space Major Contractors = Mission Type = A platform for Communication satellite in geostationary orbit62 orders, 47 launched Launch = Since 1985… …
77Vympel R-77 — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=R 77/RVV AE (NATO reporting name: AA 12 Adder) caption= origin= type=Medium Range Active Radar Homing Air to Air Missile used by= manufacturer=Vympel unit cost= propellant= production date= service=1994 (R 77)… …
78Bold Orion — Bold Orion …
79Asteroid deflection strategies — are methods by which near Earth objects could be diverted, preventing potentially catastrophic impact events. A sufficiently large impact would cause massive tsunamis and/or, by placing large quantities of dust into the stratosphere blocking… …
80Anti-satellite weapon — Anti satellite weapons (ASATs) are space weapons designed to destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the USA, the former USSR and the People s Republic of China are known to have developed these weapons,with India… …
