Rocket Report: Stoke is stoked; sovereignty is the buzzword in Europe
A German startup named Isar Aerospace will try to launch its first rocket Saturday, aiming to become the first in a wave of ...
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Lockheed Martin Scouring For More Solid Rocket Motor Production
Demand for solid rocket motors is booming in part because missile makers are aggressively ramping up output of all sorts of ...
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US Space Force certifies new Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch national security missions
"Vulcan certification adds launch capacity, resiliency and flexibility needed by our nation's most critical space-based ...
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US-based hypersonic, solid rocket motors’ manufacturing to speed up with new deal
A fresh deal is expected to streamline and speed up production of hypersonic, solid rocket motors in the United States. Ursa Major, a Colorado-based firm has partnered with Palantir to use the ...
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Northrop, USAF complete static fire test of Sentinel ICBM motor
The recent test propels the stage-one solid fuel rocket motor towards full qualification. Credit: R. Nial Bradshaw/U.S. Air Force. Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force have conducted a full-scale ...
The Electric20d
Air Force, Northrop Grumman reach rocket motor milestone; Sentinel development continuing
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corporation completed a full-scale qualification static fire test of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile stage-one solid rocket motor on March 6.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket raised on KSC Pad 39A ahead of NASA's Crew-10 launch
The sprayed rocket propellant landed on a very hot rocket engine, creating flammable vapors. The fire was not seen earlier as the oxygen to cause the reaction is non-existent high up in the ...
Executive Gov23d
Air Force, Northrop Grumman Test Sentinel ICBM Solid Rocket Motor
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have conducted a demonstration of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, stage-one solid rocket motor on Thursday at the company’s ...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship explodes in space, raining debris over Caribbean
The explosion doomed an attempt to deploy mock satellites in the second consecutive failure this year for Elon Musk's Mars rocket program. Videos on social media showed fiery debris streaking ...
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When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled boosters and a hydrogen-fueled core stage engine powered the Ariane 6 ...
SpaceNews24d
Inside the Making of ULA’s Next Rocket
You know, we have flown a couple times. The second time we flew, we lost a nozzle off of one of the SRM’s (solid rocket motor). SRM’s, by the way, are a clever thing you do in rocket design ...
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Rolls-Royce shares rocket to record high as engine-maker hits targets two years early
In a sign the recovery under chief executive ‘Turbo’ Tufan Erginbilgic is gathering pace, the engine-maker announced a 6p a share dividend for 2024, worth £504million, alongside a £1billion ...