US rocket with Russian engine gets to work.

A new high-performance player has entered the crowded field of satellite launching with the inaugural flight in August 2002 of the Atlas-V rocket from Lockheed Martin Corp.'s brand new facility at Cape Canaveral, Fla. For its main propulsion system on the first stage, the Atlas-V boasts a Russi...

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Publicado en:IEEE spectrum 39, 10(duplicate) (2002).
Autor Principal: Zak, A.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
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