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21Corona (satellite) — Discoverer redirects here. For the database software, see Oracle Discoverer. For the R.E.M. song, see Discoverer (song). KH 3 and KH3 redirect here. For the upcoming third game in the Kingdom Hearts series, see Kingdom Hearts (series). KH 4B… …
22Anti-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… …
23Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle — Infobox Rocket name = Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle caption = PSLV C8 (CA Variant) carrying the AGILE x ray and γ ray astronomical satellite of the ASI lifting off from Sriharikota function = Expendable launch vehicle manufacturer = ISRO country …
24Scout (rocket) — The Scout family of rockets were launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The original Scout (an acronym for Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test system) was designed in 1957 at the NACA Langley center.… …
25Geostationary transfer orbit — A Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit or Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) is a Hohmann transfer orbit around the Earth between a low Earth orbit (LEO) and a geosynchronous orbit (GEO). It is an ellipse where the perigee is a point on a LEO and the… …
26Soyuz (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 …
27AMC-14 (satellite) — infobox Spacecraft Name = AMC 14 Organisation = SES Americom Major Contractors = Lockheed Martin Carrier Rocket = Proton M/Briz M Mission Type = Communication Launch = 23:18:55 GMT, 14 March 2008 Mission Duration = 15 years (planned) NSSDC ID =… …
28Multistage rocket — First stage and second stage redirect here. For other uses, see diving regulator and reading (legislature). The second stage of a Minuteman III rocket A multistage (or multi stage) rocket is a rocket that uses two or more stages, each of… …
29Rotary Rocket — Rotary Rocket, Inc, was a rocketry company headquartered in a convert|45000|sqft|m2|sing=on facility at Mojave Airport that developed the Roton concept in the late 1990s as a fully reusable Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) manned spacecraft. Roton… …
30Dnepr rocket — Infobox rocket name =Dnepr (Dnipro/Konversiya) caption = function =Orbital carrier rocket manufacturer =Yuzhny Machine Building Plant country origin = Soviet Union (Ukraine) cpl year = cpl = height =34.3 m alt height =112.5 ft diameter =3 m alt… …
