{"id":476,"date":"2011-02-26T07:42:30","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T14:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2011-02-26T10:14:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T17:14:02","slug":"launch-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=476","title":{"rendered":"Launch Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United Launch Alliance<\/a>\u00a0is a 50-50 joint venture owned by Lockheed Martin and The Boeing Company. \u00a0The ULA brings together two of the launch industry\u2019s most experienced and successful teams \u2013 Atlas and Delta \u2013 to provide reliable, cost-efficient space launch services for the U.S. government.<\/p>\n

Atlas V<\/a> (ULA) – is a family of expendable modular launch vehicle whose variations have been around for over 50 years.\u00a0 An overview of the vehicle is in the product card<\/a>\u00a0with very detailed information (meant for those who want to use the vehicle) in the Atlas V User’s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Delta II<\/a> (ULA) is a newer vehicle (1989) with a great track record for medium-lift payload requirements.\u00a0 AN overview is in the product card<\/a> with details in the Delat II User’s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Delta IV<\/a> (ULA) is another member of the expendable launch vehicle family that has been around for a lont time.\u00a0 An overview of the vehicle is in the product card <\/a>\u00a0with very detailed information in the Delta IV User’s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Space-X (Space Exploration Technologies)<\/a> is a relatively new company (2002) founded by\u00a0\u00a0Elon Musk , the founder of PayPal and the Zip2 Corporation.\u00a0 They have new launch vehicles based on the philosophy that simplicity, low-cost, and reliability can go hand in hand.<\/p>\n

Falcon I<\/a> (Space-X)\u00a0Falcon 1 is a two stage, liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene (RP-1) powered launch vehicle. It is designed in-house from the ground up by SpaceX for cost efficient and reliable transport of satellites to low Earth orbit.\u00a0 Detailed information can be found in the Falcon I User’s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Falcon 9<\/a> (Space-X) is a larger version of the Falcon 1.\u00a0 Detailed information can be found in the Falcon 9 User’s Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

Falcon 9 Heavy Lift<\/a> (Space-X) is meant for heavier payloads.<\/p>\n

Ariane Space<\/a>\u00a0 – This European company’s shareholders represent scientific, technical, financial and political entities from 10 different European countries. They include companies from the Ariane industrial team and national space agencies<\/p>\n

Ariane 5<\/a>\u00a0 The Ariane 5 carries payloads weighing nearly 10 metric tons to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) and over 20 metric tons into low-Earth orbit (LEO) \u2013 with a high degree of accuracy mission after mission.\u00a0 Detailed information can be found in the Ariane 5 User’s Manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Soyuz<\/a>\u00a0This is the vehicle\u00a0that introduced the space age with the launch of Sputnik \u2013 the world’s first satellite \u2013 in 1957. Since then, Soyuz has been in continuous production\u00a0with more than 1,700 manned and unmanned missions performed to date.\u00a0 This vehicle will be launching from the Arianespace French Guiana site.\u00a0 Detailed information can be found in the Soyuz User’s Manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vega<\/a> This European four-stage launcher is tailored to carry the growing number of small scientific spacecraft and other lighter-weight payloads under development or planned worldwide.\u00a0 Detailed information can be found in the Vega User’s Manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United Launch Alliance\u00a0is a 50-50 joint venture owned by Lockheed Martin and The Boeing Company. \u00a0The ULA brings together two of the launch industry\u2019s most experienced and successful teams \u2013 Atlas and Delta \u2013 to provide reliable, cost-efficient space launch services for the U.S. government. Atlas V (ULA) – is a family of expendable … Continue reading Launch Vehicles<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":382,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions\/479"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}