* OTRAG Rocket

Various OTRAG rockets could be built up from the company's CRPUs ( Common Rocket Propulsion Unit ).

The OTRAG rocket was intended to be an inexpensive alternative to the European rocket Ariane and the NASA space shuttle.

OTRAG (, or ), was a German company based in Stuttgart, which planned in the late 1970s and early 1980s to develop an alternative propulsion system for rockets.

I seriously considered an OTRAG style massive-cluster-of-cheap-modules orbital design back when we had 98 % peroxide ( assumed to be a biprop with kerosene ), and I have always considered it one of the viable routes to significant reduction in orbital launch costs.

History of full private space transportation includes early efforts by Germany OTRAG company in the 20th century and numerous modern projects of orbital and suborbital launch systems in the 21st century.

After earlier first effort of OTRAG, in the 1990s the projection of a significant demand for communications satellite launches attracted the development of a number of commercial space launch providers.

OTRAG was the first commercial developer and producer of space launch vehicles.

Kayser and a private consortium of six hundred European investors financed the development and production of the OTRAG satellite launch vehicle.

I seriously considered an OTRAG style massive-cluster-of-cheap-modules orbital design back when we had 98 % peroxide ( assumed to be a biprop with kerosene ), and I have always considered it one of the viable routes to significant reduction in orbital launch costs.

The last launch of an OTRAG rocket took place on September 19, 1983 in Esrange.

Following this launch, the OTRAG rocket was to be used in high altitude research.

Shaba North was the launch site of the first rockets launched by Orbital Transport und Raketen AktienGesellschaft, or Orbital Forwarding Company in English (" OTRAG ").

Sabha Oasis, near Sabha, was the test site of OTRAG rockets, after launching was no longer possible in Shaba North in Zaire ( now Democratic Republic of Congo ).

Triumph began developing the Rocket III Touring version in February 2004 following the launch of the original model, to target the large cruiser market which represents 50 % of all US motorcycle sales.

The Rocket Summer's more recent albums, including the 2010 release Of Men and Angels, have shown a shift in style and content from his earlier releases, with more focus on an indie rock and alternative sound, as well as on more mature subject material.

* Rocket Science ( band ), an Australian alternative rock band

Rocket Science is an Australian alternative rock band that first came to public attention on national youth radio network Triple J around 2000.

" Rocket " is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins.

The song " Rocket Science " was converted into techno / alternative / hip-hop from its original punk / rap style.

By 1988, that scene had pretty much faded, and The Rocket ’ s editorial focus shifted to covering the pre-grunge local alternative rock bands that were even then beginning to attract national attention.

Rocket is still partnered with Icon, who appears to have an existing friendship with Superman and is exempt from prosecution at the hands of the Green Lantern Corps.

Category: Rocket launch sites

Category: Rocket launch sites

Rocket technology also spread to Korea, with the 15th century wheeled hwacha that would launch singijeon rockets.

Rocket launch vehicles take-off with a great deal of flames, noise and drama, and it might seem obvious that they are grievously inefficient.

* Rocket launch

* Rocket launch site

Following pressure by the American Rocket Society, the National Science Foundation, and the International Geophysical Year, military interest picked up and in early 1955 the Army and Navy were working on Project Orbiter, two competing programs, the army's which involved using a Jupiter C rocket, and the civilian / Navy Vanguard Rocket, to launch a satellite.

The orbiter was lifted up on a sling very similar to the one used at Kennedy Space Center and placed inside the Dynamic Test Stand building, and there mated to the Vertical Mate Ground Vibration Test tank ( VMGVT-ET ), which in turn was attached to a set of inert Solid Rocket Boosters ( SRB ) to form a complete shuttle launch stack, and marked the first time in the program's history that all Space Shuttle elements, an Orbiter, an External Tank ( ET ), and two SRBs, were mated together.

The launch vehicles used in the Soyuz expendable launch system are manufactured at the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center ( TsSKB-Progress ) in Samara, Russia.

* Rocket Pod Container, the interchangeable containers used to transport and launch missiles for use with the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System

" Rocket launch technologies " generally refers to the entire set of systems needed to successfully launch a vehicle, not just the vehicle itself, but also the firing control systems, ground control station, launch pad, and tracking stations needed for a successful launch and / or recovery.

* Rocket launchers — The European Space Agency, Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA and SpaceX use double-track railroad to move rockets and supporting equipment at launch sites.

* Rocket launch sites

During the 1960s, the need for continued operations and development of both future space and ballistic missile launch systems was signified by the re-designation of the site as the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory in 1953.

The Titan IV Solid Rocket Booster static testing began and successfully ended its validation tests and acceptability as the newest booster in the Air Force, providing an additional 25 percent boost to the Titan launch system.

Research and tests were conducted involving the nation's candidates for its next-generation launch systems, X-33, X-34, the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ( EELV ), and a master plan for rocket propulsion technology covering 15 years called Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology ( IHPRPT ).

* Google Maps: Rocket launch site

Category: Rocket launch sites

This launch was delayed from 9 November due to problems with the electronics on one of the Solid Rocket Boosters, and 12 November due to a fueling problem with the launch pad.