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manufacturer of LauncherOne air-launched launch vehicle Blue Origin: United States manufacturer of the New Shepard suborbital rocket and New Glenn: Independence-X Aerospace: Malaysia manufacturer of DNLV launch vehicle Borneo SubOrbitals: Malaysia manufacturer of unnamed suborbital rocket Relativity Space: United States 0/1 95% 3D printed ...
Vector Launch: Vector-R: Light rocket 2 LEO Development 2023 (2 prototype launches in 2017) Vector-RE1: Light rocket 2 or 3 LEO Cancelled — Vector-H: Light rocket 2 LEO Cancelled — Vector-HE1: Light rocket 2 or 3 LEO Cancelled — Virgin Orbit: LauncherOne: Air-launch-to-orbit 2 + airplane LEO Retired (4/6) 2020 (First successful attempt ...
The crawler-transporters carry vehicles on the mobile launcher platforms (MLPs) used by NASA, and after each launch return to the pad to take the platform back to the VAB. [ 3 ] The two crawler-transporters were designed and built by Marion Power Shovel Company using some components designed and built by Rockwell International at a cost of US ...
Also excluded are payloads that launch on the SLS, such as the Orion crew capsule, the predecessor programs that contributed to the development of the SLS, such as the Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle project, funded from 2008 to 2010 for a total of $70 million, [98] and the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle, funded from 2006 to 2010 for a total of $4.8 ...
Antares A-ONE mission was the maiden flight of Orbital Sciences Corporation' Antares launch vehicle including the ascent to space and accurate delivery of a simulated payload, the Cygnus Mass Simulator (CMS), which was launched 21 April 2013. [6]
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. [14]
ABL Space Systems is an American aerospace and launch service provider, based in El Segundo, California, that manufactures deployable launch vehicles and infrastructure for missile defense, [1] formerly for sending commercial small satellites into orbit. The company manufactures its components in the United States. [2]
In March 2010, Jerry Grey, a consultant to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Universities Space Research Association and a former professor of aerospace engineering at Princeton University, suggested using the RD-180 for a prospective NASA heavy-lift launch vehicle. For those who might be concerned about too much ...