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V-2 No. 13
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The White Sands rocket (official name V-2 No. 13) was the first man-made object to take a photograph of the Earth from outer space. Launched on October 24, 1946, at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 173 km, well above the commonly accepte...
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R-13 missile
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The R-13 was a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) developed by the Soviet Union starting around 1955. It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-N-4 Sark and carried the GRAU index 4K50. Read more
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Nicobar testing site
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Navy to find alternative site for missile firing range With the environment ministry red-flagging a naval missile firing range in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the defence ministry on Thursday said it will find an alternative place to develop its testing site. The proposal was turned down to prote...
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First object launched into a solar orbit
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Fritz Zwicky placed explosive charges in the nose cone of a V2 rocket, to be detonated at high altitude and fire high velocity pellets of metal through the atmosphere. The first attempts appeared to be failures, and Zwicky sought to try again with the Aerobee rocket. His requests were denied, until t...
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Prithvi-II missile
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India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile India on Monday successfully test-fired its nuclear capable 'Prithvi-II' ballistic missile, with a range of 350 kms, as part of user trial by the armed forces from Chandipur off Orissa coast, about 15 km from here. [url=http://...
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Opel RAK.1
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The Opel RAK.1 (also known as the Opel RAK.3) was the world's first purpose-built rocket-powered aircraft. It was designed and built by Julius Hatry under commission from Fritz von Opel who flew it on September 30, 1929 in front of a large crowd at Rebstock airport near Frankfurt-am-Main. Read more...
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HIFiRE Flight 2
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Scramjet prepped for launch Preparations to fly a new high tech engine are currently underway at White Sands Missile Range. Members from Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA and the Naval Surface Warfare Centre Port Hueneme division, White Sands Detachment, are working together to ready the Hype...
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Mohr Rocket
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The Mohr Rocket was a sounding rocket developed by Ernst Mohr in Wuppertal, Germany. On June 8, 1958 the first launch attempts were made, but failed, because two rockets hung on the launcher and the third was unstable in flight. The next launch attempt of three further rockets on September 14, 1958 wa...
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White Sands missile launch
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Missile launch leaves brilliant trail in the sky The contrail from a missile launch near Gallup, NM, lit up the southeastern sky Thursday morning. Dan O'Boyle with the Missile Defence Agency at the White Sands range said the contrail was left from a test interceptor missile launch near Fort Wingate...
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T-7 sounding rocket
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T-7 is the name of China's first sounding rocket. The T-7 which was first launched on 13 September 1960 can carry a payload of 25 kg in a height of 58 kilometres. Read more
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RockSat-X
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NASA Rocket Mission Carrying University Student Experiments University students will put their academic skills to the test when atmospheric and technology experiments they developed fly on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket. The launch will take place between 6:30 and 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 2...
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Terrier-Improved Malemute+
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Launch of a Terrier-Improved Malemute+ sounding rocket. Launch Window: 10:30 - 14:30 UT, 23rd August, 2012. Live Webcast
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Tycho Deep Space launch
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OperationExpected dateProbability/StatusTDS/LES12 Aug80 % LIVE Internet coverage: http://ing.dk/tema/raket Copenhagen Suborbitals new space capsule Tycho Deep Space will be launched using the LES-engine. Three main parachutes will provide them with a controlled capsule splash down...
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X-51A Waverider
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X-51A Waverider: Hypersonic jet plane tested Hypersonic jet WaveRider is to undergo another test flight above the Pacific Ocean aiming to reach Mach 6. At this speed - more than 4,300 mph - it could travel from London to New York in about an h...
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ULA intern rocket launch event
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ULA intern rocket launch event Starts at 9:30 a.m. near Pueblo, Colorado. Hands-on learning will reach new heights when Colorado high school students and college interns from across the nation blast high-power rockets and payloads deep into the Colorado sky. Now in its fourth year, the high-powe...
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