The 80-minute test flight carried the
rocket to 30,000 feet, marking the test of a launch service for small satellites by using rockets launched in mid-air from commercial aircraft.
Virgin Orbit conducts test flight with LauncherOne rocket system
Ideally, the crew would separate the capsule they are in from the rocket, and use another smaller
rocket to steer themselves back to Earth.
A Rocket Launch Gone Wrong
Kazakhstan also plans together with Russia to create an ultra-light
rocket to launch small satellites and to start production of rocket spare parts at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Kazakhstan teams up with Russia in making super-heavy rocket for Moon, Mars flights
The project was started in 2005 by maverick entrepreneur Takafumi Horie, founder of internet service provider Livedoor, who was joined by science journalists and other space fans in an effort to develop a small, lightweight and low-cost
rocket to send information satellites into space.
Rocket developed by Japanese startup explodes after liftoff
Rather than using propellants like kerosene and liquid oxygen to ignite a fire under a rocket, SpinLaunch plans to get a rocket spinning in a circle at up to 5,000 miles per hour and then let it go -- more or less throwing the
rocket to the edge of space, at which point it can light up and deliver objects like satellites into orbit.
Alphabet, Airbus lead $40 million investment in a space catapult
Should Rocket buy back all 6.8 million shares, the Filipino telco will reduce its ownership in
Rocket to merely 2 percent.
PLDT: Rocket Internet shares 'still valuable'
The upgrade will allow the new
rocket to carry a much heavier payload into space.
When Will SpaceX Launch Falcon Heavy? Elon Musk Updates Twitter
Simulating an actual rocket launch, a video camera and electronics device were installed in the
rocket to record its flight and measure its peak altitude.
Emirati students launch self-made rockets in Dubai
It is the heaviest fully-functional
rocket to reach the launch pad - weighing 640 tons or almost 5 times the weight of a fully loaded Jumbo Jet airplane.
ISRO's big mission next week
Each Ariane 5 launch uses a total of 20 rocket motors from Nammo to push the stages of the
rocket to the side and to separate the central core.
Space race
They live near some farms, with lots of space for a
rocket to land.
Rock some rocket-making!
New Zealandbased rocket scientist Phil Vukovich holds the world record for sending a sugar- propelled
rocket to a height of 12 km in November 2013.
Sangli college test- fires sugar- propelled rocket
| TOKYO, Dec 11 (KUNA) -- North Korea's former military chief has said the North could use its long-range
rocket to transport nuclear arms, South Korean public broadcaster KBS reported Tuesday.
N. Korean rocket can be used to transport nuke arms - ex-Army chief
This year's challenge was simple but daunting: to develop the first civilian
rocket to exceed 100,000 feet above launch altitude.
Mayback reaches for the stars
If you do damage an end shield, contact your ammo logistics/quality assurance representative or turn in the
rocket to the ammo supply point.
Rock on with rocket help!