Launch commit criteria
Conditions to be met for a rocket launch
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Concurrent Design Facility
European Space Agency assessment center f
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Aeroshell
Shell which protects a spacecraft during atmospheric reentry
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Beta angle
Angle between the orbital plane of a satellite and the vector to the sun
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List of extraterrestrial memorials
Objects in space created in recognition of prominent figures
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Twilight phenomenon
Weather phenomenon associated with rocketry
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Secondary payload
Launch of small spacecraft together with larger one
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Spacecraft charging
Buildup of electric charge on spacecraft
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Planetary flyby
Sending a space probe past a planet or dwarf planet
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Mission control center
Facility that manages aerospace vehicle flights
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The Space Report
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Geopotential spherical harmonic model
Theoretical description of Earth's gravimetric shape
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Spacecraft Event Time
Spacecraft-local time for events that happen at the spacecraft
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Mars cycler
Spacecraft trajectory that encounters Earth and Mars regularly
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Lander (spacecraft)
Type of spacecraft
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Landing footprint
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Launch and Early Orbit phase
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Lunar cycler
Type of orbit which passes close to the Earth and Moon
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Gravity tractor
Type of theoretical spacecraft
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Direct ascent
Proposed method of Moon landing
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Launch window
Time period during which a rocket must launch to reach its target
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Launch status check
Test in spaceflight
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Two-line element set
Orbital data format
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Orbital spaceflight
Spaceflight where spacecraft orbits an astronomical body
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Mars orbit rendezvous
Space travel concept
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Propulsive fluid accumulator
Self-filling orbital rocket fuel depot
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Slew (spacecraft)
Spacecraft orientation
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Splashdown
Method of landing a spacecraft by parachute in a body of water
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Sub-orbital spaceflight
Spaceflight where the spacecraft does not go into orbit
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Passivation (spacecraft)
Removal of internal energy in a spaceship at end of its mission
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Powered Descent Initiation
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Safe mode in spacecraft
Uncrewed spacecraft mode
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Lunar orbit rendezvous
Spaceflight maneuver
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Space launch
Earliest phase of a flight that reaches space
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Orbital propellant depot
Cache of propellant used to refuel spacecraft
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Spaceflight participant
Non-professional space traveler
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Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology
NASA technology
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EELV Secondary Payload Adapter
Spacecraft-rocket stage connector used as an American spaceflight industry standard
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Space vehicle
Combination of launch vehicle and spacecraft
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Hand-held maneuvering unit
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Fractionated spacecraft
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Timeline of spaceflight
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List of Salyut expeditions
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Timeline of Gravity Probe B
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Timeline of the STS-51-L mission
Detailed timeline of Space Shuttle Challenger mission
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