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2. Orbital Sciences X-34 - Wikipedia

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   The Orbital Sciences X-34 was intended to be a low-cost testbed for demonstrating "key technologies" that could be integrated into the Reusable Launch Vehicle program. It was intended to be an autonomous pilotless craft powered by a "Fastrac" liquid-propellant rocket engine, capable of reaching Mach 8 and performing 25 test flights per year.

3. Orbital Sciences Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other government customers.

4. Stargazer (aircraft) - Wikipedia

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   Stargazer was also used for captive tests and transportation of the X-34 hypersonic research aircraft; however, the drop tests used Balls 8. Stargazer in Orbital Sciences livery launches Pegasus carrying the three Space Technology 5 satellites in 2006. Pegasus launches using Stargazer are usually conducted from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

5. Orbital Launches Craft to International Space Station - AOL

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   Orbital Sciences is on cloud nine. The space technology company announced today that its Cyngus cargo logistics spacecraft has successfully launched into its intended orbit. The craft will now ...

6. Reusable launch vehicle - Wikipedia

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   Contemporary reusable orbital vehicles include the X-37, the Dream Chaser, the Dragon 2, the Indian RLV-TD and the upcoming European Space Rider (successor to the IXV). As with launch vehicles, all pure spacecraft during the early decades of human capacity to achieve spaceflight were designed to be single-use items.

7. Minotaur (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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   The Taurus launch vehicle, later renamed [1] Minotaur-C (for "Minotaur-Commercial"), was the first of the Minotaur vehicle family, and the first ground-launched orbital booster developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), derived by adding a solid booster stage to the air-launched Pegasus rocket. The first flight, sponsored by DARPA, was in ...

8. List of private spaceflight companies - Wikipedia

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   X-60A (GOLauncher 1) Air-launched sounding rocket 1 + airplane Suborbital Development Unknown [69] [70] GOLauncher 2 Air-launch-to-orbit 2 + airplane LEO Development Unknown Independence-X Aerospace: DNLV (Dedicated Nano Launch Vehicle) Light rocket 2 LEO Development 2023 (planned) [71] [72] Interorbital Systems: NEPTUNE N series Light rocket 3 ...

9. Commercial Orbital Transportation Services - Wikipedia

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   On 19 February 2008, the second round selection was made to Orbital Sciences Corporation, for the Cygnus spacecraft. [25] NASA's selection statement showed that Orbital beat Boeing on expected lower costs and the added benefit of a new medium lift launcher Taurus II with Andrews, PlanetSpace and Spacehab being eliminated on funding concerns. [26]