Orbiting Vehicle or OV, originally designated SATAR (SATellite - Atmospheric Research), comprised five disparate series of standardized American satellites...
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Spacecraft (redirect from Orbital Vehicle)
single-stage-to-orbit vehicles cannot get into space on their own, and require a launch vehicle (carrier rocket). On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a space vehicle enters...
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Boeing X-37 (redirect from Boeing X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle)
X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, then re-enters Earth's...
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2011 by NASA, the U.S. space agency, this vehicle could carry astronauts and payloads into low Earth orbit, perform in-space operations, then re-enter...
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An orbital vehicle is a spacecraft which attains orbit. Orbit Vehicle, Orbital Vehicle, Orbiter Vehicle, or Orbiting Vehicle may also refer to: A vehicle...
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accelerate the launch vehicle beforehand. Since at least in the early 20th century, single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicles have existed in science...
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Gaganyaan (redirect from ISRO Orbital Vehicle)
from Sanskrit: gagana, "celestial" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the...
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Launch vehicles are engineered with advanced aerodynamics and technologies, which contribute to high operating costs. An orbital launch vehicle must lift...
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Space Shuttle (redirect from Orbiter External Airlock)
mission time was 1,323 days. Space Shuttle components include the Orbiter Vehicle (OV) with three clustered Rocketdyne RS-25 main engines, a pair of...
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Blackstar (spacecraft) (redirect from Experimental Orbital Vehicle)
research, develop and test demonstrator vehicles capable of SSTO (single-stage-to-orbit) and TSTO (two-stage-to-orbit) missions. These programs were code-named...
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