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Aerojet Tests Upgraded Block C Solid Rocket Motor Case For Atlas V Sacramento CA (SPX) Jun 19, 2009 
Aerojet has announced that it has conducted a successful burst test and re-qualification of the upgraded Atlas V Solid Rocket Motor composite case. The test took place at Aerojet's test facility in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) motor case design upgrade qualifies an environmentally friendly replacement resin system and two improved motor case design ... read moreWyle Develops Sound Generator To Simulate Rocket Launch Acoustic Loads 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2009An improved second generation sound source used to simulate the intense noise generated by space rockets during launch has been developed by Wyle engineers. The Wyle Acoustic Source (WAS) 5000 is a high-frequency, high intensity sound source complementing the existing low-frequency WAS 3000 system, which has been regarded by experts as the "world's loudest speaker." Both are used to ensure ... more
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Delays seen for Soyuz, Vega launches at Europe's space base
Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 15, 2009The first launches by the veteran Russian rocket Soyuz and a new light rocket called Vega from Europe's space base will be postponed to 2010, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday. They had been scheduled to take place by the end of the year. A workhorse of space, Soyuz is being added to ESA's launch pad at Kourou, French Guiana, to provide the agency with operational flexibilit ... more SKorea completes space centre for rocket launch 
Seoul (AFP) June 10, 2009South Korea has completed a space centre which will be used to send a satellite into orbit from its own territory for the first time, officials said Wednesday. Education, Science and Technology Minister Ahn Byong-Man said the government would hold a ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the opening of the Naro Space Centre in Goheung, 475 kilometres (300 miles) south of Seoul. The centre, wh ... more SKorea to launch first space rocket in July: official 
Seoul (AFP) March 12, 2009South Korea's government said Tuesday it had approved plans to launch the country's first rocket into space in late July. The National Space Committee gave the green light to the planned launch, tentatively scheduled for July 30 at Naro Space Centre in Goheung, about 475km (297 miles) south of Seoul, a government statement said. Construction of the rocket is in effect complete and work ... more NASA gets ready for Constellation 
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jun 2, 2009 The U.S. space agency says it has switched Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the space shuttle program to its Constellation program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the Sunday transfer represents the next step in preparing for the first flight test of the agency's next-generation spacecraft and launch system. "The Constellation Prog ... more |
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Wisconsin Student 'Rocketeers' Win National Rocketry Challenge
The Plains VA (SPX) May 18, 2009A team from Madison, Wi., took first place at the Seventh Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) Saturday, taking on the title of national champion. The four-member team won the rocket competition after spending months perfecting their rocket design. The Team America Rocketry Challenge kicked off last September with hundreds of teams from 45 states and the District of Columbia vying ... more Orion Launch Abort Jettison Motor Delivered To White Sands 
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 08, 2009Aerojet has announced that it has shipped the first jettison motor for NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle to the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This first jettison motor shipment increases the technical readiness of the Launch Abort System (LAS) and is a major operational accomplishment as the first full-scale rocket propulsion element to proceed into a system-level flig ... more Second Firing Test For Vega's Zefiro 9A Solid Rocket Motor 
Sardinia, Italy (ESA) May 01, 2009On 28 April, the final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe's new small launch vehicle took place at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test Range in Sardinia, Italy. At 15:30, the peace and quiet of the Sardinian coast was suddenly interrupted by a powerful, deep roar as a Zefiro 9A motor ignited for its final qualification-firing test. The moto ... more Aerojet Completes Engine Tests For NASA's Orion Crew Module 
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 01, 2009Aerojet has successfully completed the first series of vibration and altitude hot fire tests on NASA's Orion crew module's 160 lb. thrust mono-propellant rocket engine. The objective of the test program was to verify engine performance after the thruster was subjected to Orion vibration loads which produced energy levels that were two times higher than those previously qualified. The ... more |
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