Ruohong Zhao on Twitter: RACE TO ORBIT 2021. Almost all the liquid fueled orbital class Launch Vehicles developed by Chinese Private Sectors. As of July 2021. twitter.com/rhZhao/status…
The recent Chinese hypersonic missile tests have fueled concerns about an accelerating arms race between the U.S., China, and Russia. The Chinese weapons system consists of two parts: a fractional orbital bombardment system (FOBS) and a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV). Here's how it works. astronomy.com/news/2021/1…
TIL the tower on top of the Apollo spacecraft contained a launch escape system, which could eject the crew module safely away from an imminent rocket explosion. The tower contained a solid-fueled rocket and used the craft's parachutes to get the crew to safety. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau…
Orbital ATK Completes Qualification of Solid Rocket Booster Avionics for NASA's Space Launch System orbitalatk.com/news-room/…
Andrew Jones on Twitter: Chinese commercial launch company CAS Space (spinoff from Chinese Academy of Sciences) is getting closer to a first orbital launch with a test of its TEL for the ZK-1A solid rocket. twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/…
Reiyan booster is on my launch Tower and is going to be fueled up for an exodus cargo Lander test flight (orbital) also on the standby left holding pad is a satellite launch mission booster being prepared (unnamed) if you want too give it a name
Starship, Booster & Orbital Launch Tower size comparison to Statue Of Liberty, Saturn 5, Big Ben, Concorde and two tiny humans (NASASpaceflight photos at Boca Chica, annotations by me)
NASA Scout (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test system) being prepped for launch, 1966. [5942×4818]
Redesign of my old craft, solid fueled SSTO launching to orbit by one button hit. Now it's able to re-entry! youtube.com/watch?v=jN4sb…
Liquid propellant is a new paradigm for Orbital Sciences, which has flown scores of satellite launchers with all-solid-fueled stages. spaceflightnow.com/antare…
Spaceflight Now on Twitter: "United Launch Alliance is installing the first of two solid-fueled boosters on the Atlas 5 rocket this morning at Cape Canaveral. The Atlas 5 is set for launch no earlier than Dec. 17 on an unpiloted test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule." twitter.com/SpaceflightNo…
Economic Comparison of American Orbital Launch Rockets
TIL An orbital ring is a concept of an enormous artificial ring placed around the Earth that rotates at an angular rate that is faster than the rotation of the Earth, to keep it stable. It is intended to be used as a space station, a high speed transport system, or a space launch. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb…
Image I shot of yesterday’s Atlas V rocket launch: a closeup of the liquid-fueled engine and four solid rocket motors that powered the rocket to space
The crater a 1 gram object makes in a solid block of aluminum when traveling at 32,000 km/hr (orbital speed, same as the rods in Ghosts); a penny weighs 7 grams for comparison (from r/pics)
In an effort to streamline rocket launch efficiency, researchers have rethought the fuel chamber. Made not of a solid chamber encasing liquid fuel, but of a solid chamber that turns into fuel, the new model is designed to “eat” itself while carrying satellites into orbit. sciencemag.org/news/2018/…
In an effort to streamline rocket launch efficiency, researchers have rethought the fuel chamber. Made not of a solid chamber encasing liquid fuel, but of a solid chamber that turns into fuel, the new model is designed to “eat” itself while carrying satellites into orbit. sciencemag.org/news/2018/…
Next week, Orbital ATK plans to launch a Cygnus cargo freighter to resupply the ISS. This photo shows the Castor 30XL Solid Rocket Booster, the second stage of the Antares 230 launch vehicle, which will propel the Cygnus into orbit. flickr.com/photos/alloyja…
wonder if they will add any content here. you can get close to it and it's mostly solid but it's a orbital launch platform so fat maybe.
China Developing Solid Fuel Rocket Launchable From New Y-20 Transport Plane: experts at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology are developing a new solid fuel rocket which could be launched by the Yun-20 in flight, sending a 100-kg load into near-earth orbit defenseworld.net/news/205…
U.S. Space Force awards Orbital Services Program Contract On Ramp to emerging Small Launch providers ABL Space Systems, Astra Space and Relat spaceref.com/news/viewpr.…
U.S. Space Force awards Orbital Services Program Contract On Ramp to emerging Small Launch providers ABL Space Systems, Astra Space and Relat spaceref.com/news/viewpr.…
Look inside NASAs Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) for the Space Launch System Artemis program. SRBs actually burn from the middle instead of the bottom.
Northrop Grumman's Pegasus mounted to a L-1011 plane. The first privately developed orbital launch vehicle was released from an aircraft in-flight before its solid rocket motor propelled it into low Earth orbit.
Economic Comparison of American Orbital Launch Rockets
❗ Breaking ❗: SpaceX to test set of gold coated beryllium TPS tile in upcoming New Years Day orbital launch!
Extreme Weather-Tracking Satellites Prepare for Launch. A new array of sats will detect nearly every bolt of lightning in the Western Hemisphere, powering an early warning system for climate-change-fueled superstorms. wired.com/story/goes-extr…
[FWI] In 2030, the USA makes a surprise disclosure: a 99%+ effective missile defense system that protects 100% of the continental states, Hawaii, and key areas of Alaska. This includes high altitude and orbital launch attacks.
The USA is now effectively immune to any external nuclear and ballistic missile attack, regardless of point of origin.
Intriguing comparison of payload count, mass, etc. to various orbits/trajectories: SpaceX vs. Arianespace Launch Cadence 2010–Present as of 2021-06-27 (found on /r/spacexlounge). youtube.com/watch?v=JBkCH…
HOBO-T (Hopefully Orbital But Optimistic - Taxi Class) Launch System on crew relief/rotation mission. reddit.com/gallery/nlwc07
Extreme weather-tracking satellites prepare for launch. A new array of satellites will detect nearly every bolt of lightning in the Western Hemisphere, powering an early warning system for climate-change-fueled superstorms. wired.com/story/goes-extr…
NASA bolts Space Launch System core stage to solid rocket boosters spaceflightnow.com/2021/0…
The Orbital Launch Tower QD Arm moved for the first time. Timelapse of the test youtu.be/mxhiAxudQZs
ELI5: If the Launch Escape System is sent into space, why is it not used to attain partial orbital speed if it is unused to save fuel?
So fuel is expensive to get into space, and the Launch Escape System is jettisoned if it is unused. So why not use the energy in the LES to attain at least partial velocity to get into orbit before it is jettisoned? Then there is some added 'cushion' of spare fuel that could be used to maneuver or change orbits etc.
Comparison of all known solar systems with 5 or more planets and their orbital periods (source in comments)
Blue Origin’s Orbital Launch System (OLS) manufacturing facilities
