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Agreed in 2003, Aelous was the project to build the worlds first Satellite to provide weather observations good enough for the World Meteorological Organisation to use in both climate research and operational forecasting.
The Hubble Space Telescope has proved its continued worth with new planetary identification.
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Introduction Satellite delivered multimedia has become an established service in the USA, Korea and Japan while Europe is foraying ahead in developing this technology to enable new application in this area. The evolution of satellite technology has led to the exciting possibility of providing multimedia...
SpaceShipOne / Two Commercial Spacecraft, USA The Virgin Galactic SpaceShip is a family of commercial suborbital and orbital spacecraft that will be owned and operated by the Virgin Galactic spaceline company. The spaceships will allow the first suborbital space travel for private astronauts. The spaceships...
XR-4A3, 400lbf LOX/Alcohol EZ Rocket Engine In June of 2000, after we had concluded tests of our proprietary oxygen/alcohol igniter, we set to work on a 160 lb thrust liquid oxygen and isopropanol engine, which we ran in October of the same year. Following successful tests of this engine, known as the...
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