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  2. Space One - Wikipedia

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    space one co., ltd. ( Japanese : スペースワン株式会社 , Hepburn : Supēsuwan Kabushikigaisha , Corporate Number : 8010401132607 [ 1 ] ) , or Space One ( スペースワン ), is a Japanese aerospace manufacturer , orbital launch service provider , and spaceport operator.

  3. Space One KAIROS - Wikipedia

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    Space One announced several hours later that the autonomous flight termination system could have activated and ended the mission. [14] On 25 August 2024, the company's director confirmed that a destruct command was issued on the rocket. The AFTS detected a speed and level of thrust on the first stage that was lower than was modeled.

  4. SpaceShipOne - Wikipedia

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    The Scaled Composites Model 316, [2] known as SpaceShipOne, was a spaceplane designed to: . Carry three humans (one of them a pilot) in a sea-level pressurized cabin.; Be propelled by rocket from an altitude of 15 km (9.3 mi) to in excess of 100 km (62 mi).

  5. Scaled Composites Tier One - Wikipedia

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    Space Ship One and White Knight. Tier One was a Scaled Composites' 1990s–2004 program of suborbital human spaceflight using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne and its launcher White Knight. The craft was designed by Burt Rutan, and the project was funded 20 million US Dollars by Paul Allen.

  6. SpaceX - Wikipedia

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    The area has one of the largest concentrations of space sector headquarters, facilities, and subsidiaries in the U.S., including Boeing/McDonnell Douglas main satellite building campuses, The Aerospace Corporation, Raytheon, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States Space Force's Space Systems Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base ...

  7. Bernal sphere - Wikipedia

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    Example layout for an Island One-type Bernal sphere. In a series of studies held at Stanford University in 1975 and 1976 with the purpose of speculating on designs for future space colonies, Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill proposed Island One, a modified Bernal sphere with a diameter of only 500 m (1,600 ft) rotating at 1.9 RPM to produce a full Earth artificial gravity at the sphere's equator.

  8. List of spaceflight records - Wikipedia

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    Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal in space aboard a U.S. V-2 rocket on June 14, 1949, and died on reentry due to a parachute failure. The first dogs in space were launched 22 July 1951 aboard a Soviet R-1V. "Tsygin" and "Dezik" reached a height of 100 km (62 mi) and safely parachuted back to Earth.

  9. Falcon 1 - Wikipedia

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    Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3W was the original launch site for Falcon 1, but it was abandoned at the test-fire stage due to persistent schedule conflicts with adjacent launch pads. [30] Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 (the Falcon 9 pad) was considered for Falcon 1 launches but never developed before Falcon 1 ...