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Title: What rockets does everyone use?
Post by: Unknown Target on January 08, 2005, 12:15:20 pm
Hey all. I have to find out what rocket engines space agencies use (for a report for a company I'm working for). Can someone point me to a reference site? I can't find them for the life of me.
Title: What rockets does everyone use?
Post by: beatspete on January 08, 2005, 12:36:12 pm
ummm?

The main space agencies would be NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).  ESA use Arian 5 or Arian 6 rockets I think.  It really depends what needs launched though.  I don't know what NASA use for comerical launch.


Keep in mind rockets aren't exactly mass manufactured.  Its not like buying a car, most are custom built or from a limited production line.
Title: What rockets does everyone use?
Post by: Liberator on January 08, 2005, 12:58:05 pm
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Originally posted by beatspete
Keep in mind rockets aren't exactly mass manufactured.  Its not like buying a car, most are custom built or from a limited production line.


Which is why it's so damned expensive to send something into space.
Title: What rockets does everyone use?
Post by: Corsair on January 08, 2005, 01:14:20 pm
Estes!! :D
Title: What rockets does everyone use?
Post by: Taristin on January 08, 2005, 01:21:35 pm
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Originally posted by Corsair
Estes!! :D


used by model rocket hobbyists everywhere! :D
Title: What rockets does everyone use?
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on January 08, 2005, 02:35:25 pm
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Originally posted by beatspete
The main space agencies would be NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).  ESA use Arian 5 or Arian 6 rockets I think.  


There is no Ariane 6. The Ariane 5 is the newest model. Search for Arianespace (maybe also EADS), Link to the different launcher-families made by Arianespace (http://www.arianespace.com/site/launcher/launcher_index.html).

and the most important agencies are:
NASA
ESA
the Russian one (iirc RosaviaKosmos)
the Chinese one

there's a few others that might be interesting:
most notably the Japanese one (have their own launchpad and thus launchers iirc, got renamed to JAXA if I'm not mistaken),
the Brazilian one (one of their launchers blew up last year iirc),
the Indian one (not sure if they launched anything)
and the Israeli one (they did launch something, not sure how recent but it was with their own missile)
Title: What rockets does everyone use?
Post by: Nico on January 08, 2005, 02:39:37 pm
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Originally posted by beatspete
ummm? ESA use Arian 5 or Arian 6 rockets I think.  


Ariane 4 and sometimes Ariane 5 ( for very large charges ). They're cool, from times to times I see parts of them on the road, when I'm going to uni. ****ing huge trucks to carry that, I tell you.