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  2. M142 HIMARS - Wikipedia

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    M142 HIMARS. The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS, / ˈhaɪmɑːrz /) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and mounted on a standard U.S. Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) M1140 truck frame. The HIMARS carries one pod with either six Guided Multiple Launch ...

  3. M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System - Wikipedia

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    Operational. range. 300 mi (483 km) [6] Maximum speed. 40 mph (64.4 km/h) [6] The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American armored self-propelled multiple launch rocket system. The U.S. Army variant of the M270 is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s were delivered in 1983, and were adopted ...

  4. List of rocket launchers - Wikipedia

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    Kestrel (rocket launcher) NCSIST Republic of China: 2020s B-300: Israel Military Industries Israel: 1970s Bazooka: Unknown United States: 1942 C-100: Instalaza SA Spain: C90-CR (M3) Instalaza Spain: Dard 120: Societe Europeenne de Propulsion France: 1978 FHJ-84: Unknown China: 1984 LAW 80: Hunting Engineering United Kingdom: 1987 LRAC F1

  5. H-IIA - Wikipedia

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    The H-IIA. Engine at Miraikan. H-IIA (H-2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. These liquid fuel rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit; lunar orbiting spacecraft; Akatsuki, which studied the planet Venus; and the Emirates ...

  6. BM-21 Grad - Wikipedia

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    75 km/h (47 mph) The BM-21 "Grad" (Russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit. ' hailstorm ') is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. [10] The system and the M-21OF rocket [11] were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino-Soviet border conflict. [12]

  7. SpaceX - Wikipedia

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    Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider and satellite communications company officially headquartered at the SpaceX Starbase near Brownsville, Texas, [citation needed] though primarily based out of their former headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

  8. List of orbital launch systems - Wikipedia

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    Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HRLV) Vikram series, the under development orbital class launch family of Skyroot Aerospace in comparison with already flown Vikram S, the sounding rocket. ISRO / DoS systems. SLV-3 – Retired. Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) – Retired. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) PSLV-G – Retired.

  9. PRISMA (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    PRISMA is an Earth observation satellite with innovative electro-optical instrumentation which combines a hyperspectral sensor with a medium-resolution panchromatic camera collecting images at 30 m resolution within 30 km x 30 km scenes. The advantages of this combination are that in addition to the classical capability of observation based on ...