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  2. White Sands Test Facility - Wikipedia

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    WSTF Propulsion. White Sands Test Facility offers numerous ambient pressure and altitude simulation stands to test rocket propulsion test systems as well as single rocket engines. Altitude Testing: The WSTF Large Altitude Simulation System provides altitude conditions equivalent up to 122,000 feet (37 km). Ambient Testing; Fleet Leader Testing

  3. Space Launch System - Wikipedia

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    It contains the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks for the ascent phase, the forward and aft solid rocket booster attach points, avionics, and the Main Propulsion System (MPS), an assembly of the four RS-25 engines, [17] associated plumbing and hydraulic gimbal actuators, and equipment for autogenous pressurization of the vehicle's tanks ...

  4. Astra (American spaceflight company) - Wikipedia

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    Astra Space, Inc., formerly known as Ventions, LLC from 2005 ... [28] [29] Astra spent 2019 designing and building Rocket 3.0 integrating propulsion systems, ...

  5. Pentagon awards rocket motor maker Ursa Major $12.5 million - AOL

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    U.S. rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major said on Tuesday it was awarded a $12.5 million contract to build out production and testing for new solid fuel rocket engines. The award, though small, is ...

  6. Spacecraft propulsion - Wikipedia

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    For rocket-like propulsion systems, this is a function of mass fraction and exhaust velocity; mass fraction for rocket-like systems is usually limited by propulsion system weight and tankage weight. [ citation needed ] For a system to achieve this limit, the payload may need to be a negligible percentage of the vehicle, and so the practical ...

  7. List of private spaceflight companies - Wikipedia

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    ABL Space Systems: RS1 Light rocket 2 LEO Retired (0/1) 10 January 2023 [27] Agnikul Cosmos: Agnibaan: Light rocket 2 LEO Development Unknown ARCA Space: Haas 2b: Suborbital crewed rocket 1 Suborbital Cancelled — [28] Haas 2CA: Light rocket 1 LEO Cancelled — [29] Super Haas: Medium rocket 2 LEO Proposed Unknown [30] EcoRocket Demonstrator ...

  8. Dawn Aerospace rocket-powered aircraft successfully ... - AOL

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    Aurora is designed to fly to the edge of space twice in a single day, will reach speeds of Mach 3.5 during ascent and re-entry, and is powered by pure rocket propulsion, the company said ...

  9. Aerojet Rocketdyne - Wikipedia

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    Aerojet Rocketdyne is a subsidiary of American defense company L3Harris that manufactures rocket, hypersonic, and electric propulsive systems for space, defense, civil and commercial applications. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 2 ] Aerojet traces its origins to the General Tire and Rubber Company (later renamed GenCorp, Inc. as it diversified) established in ...