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Record 1 2010-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Laboratory calculations, moreover, indicated that the launcher thus modified could achieve a final velocity of 27,730 feet per second with a ten-pound payload at a 200-mile-perigee orbit, while computations undertaken by the Glenn L. Martin Company put the velocity at 28,350 feet per second, twelve percent above the required speed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
CONT

[...] il suffirait d'ajouter au Céphée un troisième étage pour obtenir un lanceur capable de mettre 50 kg sur une orbite de périgée 300 km [...]

Spanish

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