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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.
1.65 Orbital Sciences Corporation. 1.66 Orel. ... Ft Wayne, IN) O'Neill Aristocraft II [2] ... Orbital Sciences X-34; Orel
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.
It takes money to make money. Most investors know that, but with business media so focused on the "how much," very few investors bother to ask, "How fast?" When judging a company's prospects, how ...
In the late 1960s, the retirement of the LGM-30 Minuteman I ICBM resulted in the opportunity to produce a high-performance sounding rocket from the surplus solid-propellant rockets that became available; the Naval Research Laboratory awarded a contract to Space Vector Corporation in 1971 [1] to develop the "Fat Albert" rocket using the surplus Minuteman I first stages; before the first launch ...
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 ...
After a Phase I programme developing proposals from Rockwell International, McDonnell Douglas, and Lockheed Martin, a Phase II contract to develop the X-33 as a demonstrator vehicle was awarded to Lockheed Martin in 1996. [5] At the same time Orbital Sciences was awarded a contract to develop the X-34, an air-launched hypersonic research ...
The X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle is a reusable robotic spaceplane. It is an approximately 120-percent-scale derivative of the Boeing X-40 , [ 6 ] [ 22 ] measuring over 29 feet (8.8 m) in length, and features two angled tail fins.