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  2. Model rocket - Wikipedia

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    The launch of a scale model of Saturn V A typical model rocket during launch (16 times slower) A model rocket is a small rocket designed to reach low altitudes (e.g., 100–500 m (330–1,640 ft) for a 30 g (1.1 oz) model) and be recovered by a variety of means. According to the United States National Association of Rocketry (NAR)'s Safety Code ...

  3. Launch pad - Wikipedia

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    A launch pad is an above-ground facility from which a rocket-powered missile or space vehicle is vertically launched. [1] The term launch pad can be used to describe just the central launch platform (mobile launcher platform), or the entire complex (launch complex).

  4. List of rocket launch sites - Wikipedia

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    A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion in the table, as long as the site is properly documented through a reference. Missile locations with no launches are not included in the list. Proposed and planned sites and sites under construction are not included in the main tabulation, but may appear in condensed lists under the tables.

  5. Dartmouth dad says his childhood model rocket hobby ... - AOL

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    As a child, Dartmouth's David Zwacki loved model rockets. Now he hopes they inspire his daughter the way they did him. Dartmouth dad says his childhood model rocket hobby inspired him.

  6. List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites

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    Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising four pads—two active, one under lease, and one inactive.From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009.

  7. Amateur rocketry - Wikipedia

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    Amateur rocketry was an especially popular hobby in the late 1950s and early 1960s following the launch of Sputnik, as described in Homer Hickam's 1998 memoir Rocket Boys. One of the first organizations set up in the US to engage in amateur rocketry was the Pacific Rocket Society established in California in the early 1950s.

  8. Rocket Lab sets next big Electron rocket launch from ... - AOL

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    It will be Rocket Lab’s fourth mission from Launch Complex 2, a dedicated pad for the Electron rocket located at Virginia Spaceport Authority's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within the NASA ...

  9. SpaceX facilities - Wikipedia

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    SpaceX modified the launch pad in 2013 in order to support launches of the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle, a 60 percent heavier rocket with 60 percent more thrust on realigned engines [10] and 60 percent longer fuel tank than the v1.0 version of the Falcon 9, requiring a modified transporter/erector. [11]

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