GX (rocket)
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GX was a design for an expendable launch system intended to compete in the commercial satellite launch sector. The system had developed by Galaxy Express Corporation, a joint venture between IHI Corpo
GX (Shown with Atlas III first stage as in early development)
Atlas F
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Atlas III
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The Atlas III was an American orbital launch vehicle, used in the years between 2000 and 2005. It was developed from the highly successful Atlas II rocket and shared many components. It was the first
GX (rocket)
…yen that JAXA requested for the GX project was eventually slashed to 5.6 billion yen in the Fiscal 2008 budget. It was originally designed to use an Atlas III first stage, and to be launched from Tanegashima in Japan, however this was abandoned in 2009 in favour of the CCB configuration. In May 2008, it was…
The maiden flight of the Atlas III
An RD-180 engine undergoes a test firing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in November 1998.