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AMSAT MPPT Goes To Infinity And Beyond
It successfully launched into orbit on November 18th strapped to the back of a Delta II rocket. This analog MPPT, or Maximum Power Point ... to the output of solar panels on the 10cm x 10cm ...
The Harvard Crimson9y
Rocket Explodes at Cape Kennedy, Was Part of Harvard-Led Project
How the 515-pound rocket motor was ignited, causing it to spray flaming fuel throughout the experiment room, is still a mystery. The Thor-Delta combination was to have launched an Orbiting Solar ...
Final Flight: What made ULA's Delta IV Heavy stand apart from other rockets?
This Thursday, the Delta IV Heavy rocket, which had been dubbed by ULA as ‘the most metal of rockets’, will deliver NROL-70, ...
Space on MSN2d
NASA's launching a satellite constellation this month to study the solar wind in 3D
"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...
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NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere
NEOWISE was originally launched as WISE (the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) in December 2009, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket ... was due to the solar maximum, or the ...