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  • 31Vulcain (rocket engine) — Vulcain is a family of European cryogenic first stage rocket engines for the Ariane 5.HistoryThe development of Vulcain, assured by a European collaboration, began in 1988 with the Ariane 5 rocket program. [cite web url =… …

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  • 32Vinci (rocket engine) — Vinci is a European Space Agency cryogenic rocket engine currently under development. It is designed to power the new upper stage of Ariane 5, ESC B, and will be the first European re ignitable cryogenic upper stage engine, raising the launcher s …

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  • 33List of minor Mobile Suit Gundam SEED spacecraft — This is a list of fictional spacecraft from the Japanese science fiction franchise Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. Contents 1 Earth Alliance 1.1 Agamemnon class carrier 1.1.1 Design and construction 1.1.2 …

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  • 34Plasma propulsion engine — A plasma propulsion engine is a kind of Ion thruster which uses plasma in some or all parts of the thrust generation process. Though far less powerful than conventional rocket engines, plasma engines are able to operate at higher efficiencies and …

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  • 35Silver Dart (spacecraft) — Silver Dart is a proposed eight person lifting body orbital spacecraft announced by PlanetSpace. The company intends to compete for contracts for cargo and crew flights to the International Space Station (ISS) under the NASA Commercial Orbital… …

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  • 36List of minor Cosmic Era spacecraft — This is a list of fictional spacecraft from the Cosmic Era (CE) timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries.=Earth Alliance=Agamemnon class carrier ja. The Agamemnon class carrier is a large, wedge shaped carrier that can carry up to twelve mobile… …

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  • 37solar engine — noun Any engine that converts energy from the sun into electrical, or mechanical energy; especially such an engine used for the propulsion of a spacecraft …

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  • 38rocket engine — rock′et en gine n. rkt a reaction engine, supplied with its own fuel and oxidizer, used to power an aircraft or spacecraft Also called rocket I, 3) rock′et mo tor. Etymology: 1930–35 …

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  • 39ion engine — noun a type of spacecraft propulsion, whereby electric fields accelerate ions out the exhaust to provide motive force …

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  • 40vernier engine — noun a thruster on a spacecraft …

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