Sizing launch vehicles<\/p>\n
Superlatives reign supreme when manufacturers and launch vehicle\u00a0providers speak of their rockets but just what are the parameters that\u00a0define, small, medium, heavy or super-heavy rockets? FACTCHECKER\u00a0answers that question and asks just how do the claims add up?<\/p>\n
Countdown to Falcon Heavy
\nSpaceX is getting set to fly its super-heavy rocket, as audacious in its goal as anything launched to date by this entrepreneurial company. We\u00a0assess the challenge and the risk and rate it against competitors as Elon\u00a0Musk boasts bold new objectives.<\/p>\n
Thunder at the Cape
\nFifty years ago, in November 1967,\u00a0NASA took a giant leap forward with\u00a0the launch of the world\u2019s biggest\u00a0rocket, the Saturn V. Spaceflight\u00a0begins its \u201cApollo at 50\u201d coverage\u00a0with a report on this remarkable\u00a0event and provides detailed\u00a0parametric information about the\u00a0flight itself.<\/p>\n
Navigating the Solar System
\nCharley Kohlhase reflects on a life supporting deep-space navigation.\u00a0\u00a0Kohlhase was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 2003\u00a0for an outstanding career of mission design achievements from the\u00a0Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Cassini planetary exploration programmes.<\/p>\n
Saving the Geostationary Orbit
\nStuart Eves, the lead mission concepts engineer at Surrey Satellite\u00a0Technology Ltd, presents a disturbing view of physical forces first\u00a0observed in the behaviour of asteroids to the life \u2013 and death \u2013 of\u00a0geostationary satellites, posing explanations for their demise.<\/p>\n
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