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Sonda 3
Sonda ("Probe" in English) is a family of Brazilian-built sounding rockets which serves as an R&D path to the VLS () orbital rocket. Launches started in 1965 and continue to this day. Launch sites include Wallops Island, Andoya, Kiruna, Natal, Alcântara, Cassino Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone at the southern end of the region of Lazio. It's the last city of the Valle Latina, Latin Valley. It is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari (river), Gari and ... and SvalRak. Sonda I The Sonda I is a two stage rocket (S10-1 & S-10-2 rocket stages) with a maximum flight altitude of 65 km, a liftoff thrust of 27 kN a total mass of 100 kg, a diameter of 11 cm and a length of 4.5 metres. It was launched 9 times between 1965 and 1966. File:Sonda I dimensions (rotated).jpg, link=, Diagram with Sonda I rocket dimensions File:Sonda I-01.jpg, link=, Sonda I on display File:At Memorial Aeroespacial Brasileiro 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esrange
, , , , , , , , , Esrange Space Center is a rocket range and research centre located about 40 kilometers east of the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden. It is a base for scientific research with high-altitude balloons, investigation of the aurora borealis, sounding rocket launches, and satellite tracking, among other things. Located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle and surrounded by a vast wilderness, its geographic location is ideal for many of these purposes. Esrange was built in 1964 by ESRO, the ''European Space Research Organisation'', which later became European Space Agency by merging with ELDO, the European Launcher Development Organisation. The first rocket launch from Esrange occurred on 19 November 1966. In 1972, ownership was transferred to the newly started Swedish Space Corporation. History In the 1960s, Esrange was established as an ESRO sounding rocket launching range located in Kiruna. This location was chosen because it was generally agreed that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sounding Rockets Of Brazil
Sounding or soundings may refer to: *Sounding (archaeology), a test dig in archaeology * "Sounding" (''Justified''), an episode of the TV series ''Justified'' * ''Soundings'' (journal), an academic journal of leftist political thinking * ''Soundings'' (radio drama), science fiction radio drama series produced from 1985 to 1989 in Ottawa * ''Soundings'' (Williams), 2003 orchestral composition by John Williams * ''Soundings'' (Carter), 2005 orchestral composition by Elliott Carter *Sound (medical instrument), instruments for probing and dilating passages within the body **Urethral sounding, using sounds to increase the inner diameter of the urethra *Depth sounding, a measurement of depth within a body of water *Whale sounding, the act of diving by whales * ''The Sounding'', a film See also *Sound (other) * Sonde (other) * * *Sonar, use of sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect objects on or under water *Remote sensing, acquisition of information ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multistage Rocket
A multistage rocket or step rocket is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket ''stages'', each of which contains its own engines and propellant. A ''tandem'' or ''serial'' stage is mounted on top of another stage; a ''parallel'' stage is attached alongside another stage. The result is effectively two or more rockets stacked on top of or attached next to each other. Two-stage rockets are quite common, but rockets with as many as five separate stages have been successfully launched. By jettisoning stages when they run out of propellant, the mass of the remaining rocket is decreased. Each successive stage can also be optimized for its specific operating conditions, such as decreased atmospheric pressure at higher altitudes. This ''staging'' allows the thrust of the remaining stages to more easily accelerate the rocket to its final velocity and height. In serial or tandem staging schemes, the first stage is at the bottom and is usually the largest, the second stage and subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svalbard Rocket Range
The Svalbard Rocket Range or SvalRak as it is named, is a launch site for sounding rockets at Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard, Norway. The site has been in use since 1997 and is owned by Andøya Space Center, which is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries and the Kongsberg Group. SvalRak's location at the 79th parallel north makes it well-suited for launching rockets to investigate Earth's magnetic field. It is used mostly by American, Japanese and Norwegian researchers. It is the world's northernmost launch site. History Planning of a launch site in Ny-Ålesund started in 1993, a location chosen because of its ideal location to study the polar cusp. Construction of the site started in the summer of 1997. The Norwegian Institute for Air Research, which conducts air measurements in Ny-Ålesund, was concerned that the rockets could pollute their measurements. A test rocket was launched on 15 November. The first proper launch was an Indian Rohini RH-300 MkI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praia Do Cassino
Praia do Cassino ( Portuguese for ''Casino Beach'') is the world's longest sea beach and is located in the southernmost of the Brazilian coast (), on the South Atlantic Ocean, in the Rio Grande do Sul state. It is purported to be the longest uninterrupted sandy seashore in the world, with various sources measuring it from to , stretching from the ''Molhes'' (breakwaters) at the entrance of the Rio Grande seaport in the north to the mouth of the Chuí Stream, on the border with Uruguay, in the south. Due to the coastline paradox, it is difficult to determine both its length as well as its proclaimed status as the longest beach in the world, as the resulting measurements are highly dependent on the resolution at which a beach is recorded. The more accurately the nooks and crannies of a given beach are measured, the longer the beach will inevitably become. As such, 80-Mile Beach in Western Australia is possibly the longest beach in the world. Etymology The word “cassino”, in Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcântara Space Center
The Alcântara Space Center (, CEA), former known as ''Alcântara Launch Center'' (,) is a space center and launching facility of the Brazilian Space Agency in the city of Alcântara, Maranhão, Alcântara, located on Brazil's northern Atlantic coast, in the state of Maranhão.Brazil, Ukraine to launch rocket together in 2010 UNIAN (December 3, 2009) It is operated by the Brazilian Air Force (). The CEA is the closest launching base to the equator. This gives the launch site a significant advantage in launching geosynchronous satellites, an attribute shared by the Guiana Space Centre. Construction of the base began in 1982. The first launch occurred on February 21, 1990, when the sounding rocket Sonda 2 XV-53 was launched. On August 22, 2003, the Brazilian rocket explosion, explosion of the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barreira Do Inferno Launch Center
The Barreira do Inferno Launch Center (, ) is a Spaceport, rocket launch base of the Brazilian Space Agency. It was created in 1965, and is located near Ponta Negra beach, near Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. It has been used for 233 launches from 1965 to 2007, reaching up to 1100 kilometers in altitude. It provides Radar tracker, tracking support for launches from the Alcântara Launch Center and Guiana Space Centre. Launches The following rockets have been launched from CLBI: *Loki-Dart Sounding Rocket, Loki-Dart *Nike-Cajun *Orion (rocket), Orion *Nike-Apache *Aerobee 150 *Argo D-4 Javelin, Javelin *Nike-Tomahawk *Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IV, Black Brant 4A *Nike-Iroquois *Boosted Dart *ARCAS#Super Arcas, Super Arcas *Rocketsonde *Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant V, Black Brant 5C *Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant IV, Black Brant 4B *Paiute Tomahawk *PESL *Castor Lance *Black Brant (rocket)#Black Brant VIII, Black Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEB Sonda Family
AEB may refer to: Aviation * Aero Benin (ICAO code: AEB), Benin airline * IATA airport code for Baise Bama Airport in Guangxi, China People * Ambrose E. Burnside, a Union general during the American Civil War * Andries Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and computer programmer Technology * Analog Expansion Bus, a piece of computer hardware * Auto Exposure Bracketing, a feature on some cameras * Autonomous Emergency Braking, a safety feature on automobiles (including on lorries and heavy good vehicles) Other * Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging, small South African political party * Agência Espacial Brasileira, the Brazilian space agency * American Egg Board, a marketing body * Annual Egyptological Bibliography, bibliography of Egyptology publications * Associated Examining Board, an examination board in the UK * Tunisian Arabic Tunisian Arabic, or simply Tunisian (), is a Varieties of Arabic, variety of Arabic spoken in Tunisia. It is known among its 13 million speakers as ''T� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallops Island
Wallops Island is a island in Accomack County, Virginia, part of the Virginia Barrier Islands that stretch along the eastern seaboard of the United States. It is just south of Chincoteague Island, a popular tourist destination. Wallops Island proper, originally known as Kegotank Island, was granted to John Wallop by the Crown on April 29, 1692. Ownership was divided through the years, until the Commonwealth of Virginia seized the property in 1876 and 1877 in lieu of unpaid taxes. From 1877, ownership was again divided and subdivided until 1889, when it was held by various trustees for the Wallops Island Club. The club was incorporated and assumed ownership in 1933 as the Wallops Island Association, Inc. Association members and their families spent the summers fishing and swimming on the island. The Association grazed sheep, cattle, and ponies on the area until the mid-1940s. In 1947, the U.S. Navy began using the upper two-thirds of the island on a lease-rental basis for av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orbital Spaceflight
An orbital spaceflight (or orbital flight) is a spaceflight in which a spacecraft is placed on a trajectory where it could remain in space for at least one orbit. To do this around the Earth, it must be on a free trajectory which has an altitude at perigee (altitude at closest approach) around ; this is the boundary of space as defined by NASA, the US Air Force and the FAA. To remain in orbit at this altitude requires an orbital speed of ~7.8 km/s. Orbital speed is slower for higher orbits, but attaining them requires greater delta-v. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale has established the Kármán line at an altitude of as a working definition for the boundary between aeronautics and astronautics. This is used because at an altitude of about , as Theodore von Kármán calculated, a vehicle would have to travel faster than orbital velocity to derive sufficient aerodynamic lift from the atmosphere to support itself. Due to atmospheric drag, the lowes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
