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In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket used to carry a payload from the Earth's surface into outer space. A launch system includes the launch vehicle, the launch pad and other infrastructure. Usually the payload is an artificial satellite placed into orbit, but some spaceflights are sub-orbital while others enable spacecraft to escape Earth orbit entirely. A launch vehicle which carries its payload on a suborbital trajectory is often called a sounding rocket. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  fas.org 507px x 420px | 41.10kB [source page] confidence in the Chinese rockets Hughes was the first foreign user of Long March rockets and now more satellite manufacturers are considering working with Great Wall Industrial  fas.org 715px x 500px | 47.50kB [source page] FSW 2 spacecraft The CZ 2D is essentially a two stage version of the CZ 4 with a LEO payload capacity in excess of three metric tons The CZ 2D flew a second FSW 2 mission on 3 July 1994 From Yahoo Image Search: "launch vehicle"  popsci.com Clay Dillow Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:59:19 GM Given the contract doesn't kick in for another five years, SpaceX should have plenty of time to tweak, test, and refine its . launch vehicle. before it goes into service. SpaceX is also contracting with NASA to ferry supplies to the space ...  nasaspaceflight.com Chris Bergin Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:15:48 GM China launched a new navigation satellite on Wednesday, using a CZ-3C Chang Zheng-3C (CZ3C-4/Y4) . launch vehicle. from the Xi Chang satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province. Launch took place at 15:55 UTC, as the new BeiDou-2 ...  globalsecurity.org unknown Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:59:28 GM Seoul plans to build a more powerful rocket named KSLV-2 and . launch. it by 2018 without foreign assistance. The . vehicle. is expected to be a 50-meter (164-foot) three-stage rocket, capable of carrying a payload of up to one metric ton. ... From Google Blog Search: "launch vehicle"  news.google.com Wired News ... that multitask might mean that the X-37B prototype will have a multifocal future mission: as a spy platform, sensor launch vehicle and/or as a bomber. ... US space planes 'worry Iran' UPI.com all 9 news articles » news.google.com SatNews Publishers ... mandated federal regulations for the commercial space launch vehicle permit and licensing process to add rockets that have 100 percent reliability. ... news.google.com The Daily Yomiuri ... in emerging-economy nations, a compact rocket- launch vehicle , and incentives for universities and companies to develop cheap satellite technology. ... From Google News Search: "launch vehicle" Have an accident ever happen between two satellites or beween a launch vehicle and an aircraft? Q. Have an accident ever happen between two satellites or beween a launch vehicle and an aircraft? Asked by Masoud T - Fri Sep 21 05:38:31 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. No, because aircraft are kept away when satellites are launched, and there has been no collisions between satellites, yet. However, satellites have been struck and either damaged or destroyed by debris in orbit or meteroids. A French military satellite was crippled when a piece of an exploded Ariane rocket stage knocked off a boom, leaving it tumbling in space out of control. There has been a few satellites that mysteriously either broke up or simply stopped functioning and an impact was the suspected cause. There are many objects up there that are plenty big enough to obliterate a satellite but can't be tracked from the ground, so the loss of these satellites remain a mystery. Paint flakes and other small particles sandblast solar arrays,… [cont.] Answered by nuscorpii223 - Fri Sep 21 09:14:15 2007 A three stage rocket is often used to launch space vehicles.? Q. The first stage is capable of accelerating from zero to 500 m/s when burdened with both upper stages and the payload. The second stage can accelerate from zero to 2000 m/s when carrying the payload and the third stage. The small third stage can accelerate the payload from zero to 4500 m/s. How fast will the payload be travelling when all three rockets have expended their fuel? Asked by amandany1 - Mon Oct 6 18:59:46 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Add them up. 500 + 2000 + 4500 = 7000 m/s . Answered by billrussell42 - Mon Oct 6 19:18:35 2008 Anyone have good ideas for egg launch?
Q. Our class has to mimic a space probe, and our teacher will launch a bottle rocket, with our egg and it's vehicle attached somehow. After the rocket reaches it's apex, the vehicle must detach from the rocket, and "launch." The egg has to survive, obviously, and also must land right side up. Does anyone have any ideas for this vehicle? I was thinking something along the lines of getting a styrofoam ball, weighing one side of it down. What do you guys think? Asked by Warren C - Fri Mar 27 01:34:37 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I don't know if Leggs panty-hose still comes in egg shaped packaging, but that with a foam lining may also work well. weigh down the top portion of the egg Answered by Albert Z - Fri Mar 27 08:00:47 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "launch vehicle" |
