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Air-launch-to-orbit (ALTO) is the method of launching smaller rockets at altitude from a heavier conventional horizontal-takeoff aircraft, to carry satellites...11 KB (1,054 words) - 16:35, 30 January 2024
to 2020. It was an air-launched rocket, designed to carry smallsat payloads of up to 300 kg (660 lb) into Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), following air launch...59 KB (4,221 words) - 19:11, 24 May 2024
and technologies, which contribute to high operating costs. An orbital launch vehicle must lift its payload at least to the boundary of space, approximately...18 KB (2,052 words) - 11:54, 3 July 2024
Pegasus (rocket) Air launch to orbit Airborne aircraft carrier Rocket sled launch Megascale engineering SpaceShipOne SpaceShipTwo LauncherOne List of Virgin...13 KB (1,353 words) - 11:20, 10 June 2024- Non-rocket launch)Non-rocket spacelaunch refers to theoretical concepts for launch into space where much of the speed and altitude needed to achieve orbit is provided by a propulsion...50 KB (5,505 words) - 23:57, 12 April 2024100-minute orbit. List of orbits Molniya orbit Tundra orbit Vandenberg Air Force Base, a major United States launch location for polar orbits "ESA - Types...3 KB (416 words) - 15:33, 8 January 2024
- Boeing X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle)Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, then re-enters Earth's...82 KB (7,122 words) - 13:21, 26 June 2024
Newquay Airport (section Virgin Orbit)capability to launch small space satellites into low Earth orbit using an air-launch-to-orbit type system. The airfield was opened in 1933 as a civilian...36 KB (2,966 words) - 08:37, 30 May 2024
NOTS-EV-1 Pilot (category Air launch to orbit)second to fifth stages, was used for ground-launched atmospheric tests from China Lake, and the Pilot-2, an air-launched version, was used for orbital launch...10 KB (728 words) - 17:50, 24 May 2024
Earth orbit. NASA's concept aims to create a platform that can launch 15 times the mass of the glider, compared to 0.7 times for other air-launch reusable...8 KB (786 words) - 10:21, 9 March 2023- to be air-launched from Orbital Sciences Corp.’s L-1011, a commercial jetliner originally modified to carry the company’s expendable Pegasus launch vehicle
- satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Since then, thousands of satellites have been launched into orbit around the Earth. Some
- Space Transport and Engineering Methods/Phase2B (redirect from Space Transport and Engineering Methods/Startup Launcher)least 80% of the velocity change to reach orbit, but different or higher performance methods than sub-sonic air-launch used currently or in the near-term
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