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3 days ago · Description. Family: Name of the family/model of launcher. Country: Origin country of launcher. Manufac.: Main manufacturer. Payload: Maximum mass of payload, for 3 altitudes. LEO, low Earth orbit. GTO, geostationary transfer orbit. TLI, trans-Lunar injection. Cost: Price for a launch at this time, in millions of US$.
2 days ago · Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D: 12 2M No.522: 2M No.522 (1969B) 2 April 1969 Soviet Union: Orbiter Launch failure Failed to achieve Earth orbit Proton-K/D: 13 Mariner 8: Mariner 8: 9 May 1971: NASA United States: Orbiter Launch failure Failed to achieve Earth orbit Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D: 14 Kosmos 419: Kosmos 419 (3MS No.170) 10 May 1971 Soviet Union ...
5 days ago · Image: SpaceX. ITS is suitable for the exploration of destinations anywhere in the Solar System both robotically and with a crew on board. The overall system can be characterized as a Two-Stage-to-Orbit concept with the Spaceship doubling as the second stage of the launch vehicle and interplanetary transfer craft, requiring in-orbit refueling prior to departing Earth.
1 day ago · Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D: NASA: Lander: Success Landed at 00:04 UTC on 20 April 1967 and operated until 3 May. Visited by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969, with some parts removed for return to Earth. 50: Lunar Orbiter 4: Lunar Orbiter 4: 4 May 1967: Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D: NASA: Orbiter: Success Entered orbit at 21:54 UTC on 8 May 1967, operated until ...
3 days ago · SpaceX Raptor Raptor’s first hot fire test, September 2016 – Photo: SpaceX. Raptor is a next-generation liquid rocket engine developed by SpaceX to power the company’s Interplanetary Transport System that aims to establish an operational cargo and crew architecture for missions between Earth and Mars, and possibly beyond – starting in the 2020s.
4 days ago · Typically, all spacecraft missions aim to maximize the spacecraft mass, exhausting a launch vehicle’s throw capability to the desired trajectory. OSIRIS-REx was assigned to an Atlas V 411 launch vehicle which – when the mission was designed – was capable of delivering 1,955 Kilograms to the expected Earth Escape Trajectory with a ...
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