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  2. List of rocket launch sites - Wikipedia

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    This article constitutes a list of rocket launch sites. Some of these sites are known as spaceports or cosmodromes. 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.

  3. 1960 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas-Able United States 2: 0: 2: 0: Retired Atlas LV-3A Agena-A United States 3: 1: 2: 0: Maiden flight Juno II United States

  4. Space launch - Wikipedia

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    Space launch is the earliest part of a flight that reaches space. Space launch involves liftoff, when a rocket or other space launch vehicle leaves the ground, floating ship or midair aircraft at the start of a flight. Liftoff is of two main types: rocket launch (the current conventional method), and non-rocket spacelaunch (where other forms of ...

  5. Why sonic booms from the most powerful rocket ever built have ...

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    Sonic booms are expected to ring out each time SpaceX returns a Super Heavy booster back to its Starbase launch site, as it did during the Flight 5 test of the Starship rocket system in October ...

  6. SpaceX rocket to launch from Vandenberg. Here’s when and how ...

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    The launch will use the company’s Falcon 9 rocket; the first-stage booster that will be used previously launched the NROL-87, NROL-85 and SARah-1 missions, SpaceX said.

  7. 1993 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    Launch Failure NOSS-2-3A: US Navy Intended: Low Earth ELINT NOSS-2-3B: US Navy Intended: Low Earth ELINT NOSS-2-3C: US Navy Intended: Low Earth ELINT Apogee: 33 kilometres (21 mi). One of the UA1207 solid rocket boosters exploded at T+101 seconds. Failure was attributed to damage caused by the ground crew due to an errant cut into one of the ...

  8. SpaceX to launch rocket from Vandenberg today. Here’s when ...

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    The launch will use the company’s Falcon 9 rocket; the first-stage booster that will be used previously launched the Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar ...

  9. 2021 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.