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61Centaur (rocket stage) — Centaur is a rocket stage designed for use as the upper stage of space launch vehicles. Centaur boosts its satellite payload to its final orbit or, in the case of an interplanetary space probe, to escape velocity. Centaur was the world s first… …
62Minotaur (rocket family) — Minotaur I rocket launching Mightysat 2.1 The Minotaur is a family of American solid fuel rockets derived from converted Minuteman and Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles. They are built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Two variants… …
63Negai (satellite) — Negai☆″ Operator Soka University Bus CubeSat 1U Mission type Technology Launch date 17 May 2010 21:44:14 UTC Carrier rocket …
64Tether satellite — A tether satellite is a satellite connected to another by a thin cable called a tether. The space tether idea had its origin in the late 1800s. The idea became more popular in the 1960s, and subsequently NASA examined the feasibility of the idea… …
65Arab Satellite Communications Organization — Infobox Company company name = ARABSAT company company type = foundation = 1976 location = Riyadh, SAU key people = industry = Satellite communication homepage = http://www.arabsat.com//The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (often… …
66Parking orbit — A parking orbit is a temporary orbit used during the launch of a satellite or other space probe. A launch vehicle boosts into the parking orbit, then coasts for a while, then fires again to enter the final desired trajectory. The alternative to a …
67Pegasus satellite program — The Pegasus satellite program was a series of three satellites, which were launched in 1965 to study the frequency of micrometeorite impacts. All three Pegasus satellites were launched by Saturn 1 rockets, and remained connected with the upper… …
68Hohmann transfer orbit — In astronautics and aerospace engineering, the Hohmann transfer orbit is an orbital maneuver using two engine impulses which, under standard assumptions, move a spacecraft between two coplanar circular orbits. This maneuver was named after Walter …
69Timeline of rocket and missile technology — This article gives a concise timeline of rocket and missile technology. * 4th Century BCE Archytpus steam rocket on wires (n.b. single source 4 centuries after event)* 1st Century CE Aeolipile a rocket engine on a bearing* 12th century CE Rockets …
70Sputnik rocket — Infobox Rocket imsize = 180 caption = Sputnik rocketname = Sputnik (8K71PS/8A91) function = Small carrier rocket manufacturer = OKB 1 country origin = USSRheight = 8K71PS: convert|30.0|m|ft|lk=on|abbr=on 8A91: convert|31.1|m|ft|abbr=on diameter …
