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    The Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) is a family of solid rocket boosters developed in the late 1980s and used since 1990. GEM motors are manufactured with...
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    increasing tensions with Russia. The Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) is a solid rocket motor produced by ATK using epoxy composite casing. GEMs are used as boosters...
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    propellant fraction with 2.9% graphite epoxy motor casing, 2.4% nozzle, igniter and thrust vector actuator, and 3.4% non-motor hardware including such things...
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    were used originally, but they were replaced in November 2020 by Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) SRBs for all except Starliner launches. The standard payload...
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    Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins. Epoxy resins, also known as polyepoxides, are a class of reactive prepolymers...
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    National Security Space Launch Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (Graphite-Epoxy Motor) RUAG Space (payload fairings, composite structures) Other launch...
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    killing 21 technicians. Liquid rocket booster Solid-fuel rocket Graphite-epoxy motor Comparison of orbital rocket engines Space shuttle solid rocket booster...
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    flammable fluids, e.g., for a vehicle or oil heater Hydrogen tank Graphite-Epoxy Motor – American solid rocket booster "Protective shells for composite...
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  • specification for TV Graphics Execution Manager, video software Graphite-Epoxy Motor, a series of solid rocket boosters Gravitoelectromagnetism, formal...
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    a honeycomb planar nanostructure. The name "graphene" is derived from "graphite" and the suffix "-ene", indicating the presence of double bonds within...
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    Whitney Rocketdyne RL10A-4-2 engines. Up to five Aerojet Rocketdyne Graphite-Epoxy Motor solid rocket boosters can be added to increase vehicle performance...
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    vehicle by Northrop Grumman Corporation using Castor 30 Atlas II Graphite-Epoxy Motor Little Joe Minotaur-C, launch vehicle by Northrop Grumman Corporation...
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    comparable Graphite-Epoxy Motor - contemporary Hercules development using similar technology Chang, I-Shih; Patel, N. R.; Yang, S. (1995). "Titan IV motor failure...
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    (sometimes stylized as "Castor IVA"), while the 7000-series used GEM 40 Graphite-Epoxy Motors manufactured by Alliant Techsystems (ATK). Like its predecessors...
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    diameter and 155 inches (3,900 mm) long. It is powered by GEM-22 Graphite-Epoxy Motor. There is a 14-inch (360 mm) interstage adapter between the Terrier...
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    rocket motor using coal and gaseous N2O as the propellants. Oberth also worked on a hybrid rocket motor using LOX as the oxidizer and graphite as the...
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    HTPB-based composite solid propellant. The casing is composed of a graphite-epoxy composite, and the engine throat and nozzle are made of carbon-phenolic...
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  • and V rocket, has a 92 inches (2,300 mm) diameter and is composed of graphite epoxy sheets with an aluminum honeycomb core. The fairing features one payload...
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    two Orbital ATK-built 1.5-m (60-in) diameter solid rocket booster Graphite-Epoxy Motors (GEM 60s) strap-on boosters to increase payload capacity to 6,150 kg...
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    SpaceShipOne (redirect from RocketMotorOne)
    overall diameter of about 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in). The main structure is of a graphite/epoxy composite material. From front to back, it contains the crew cabin,...
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  • two Orbital ATK-built 1.5-m (60-in) diameter solid rocket booster Graphite-Epoxy Motors (GEM-60s) strap-on boosters to increase payload capacity to 6,150 kg...
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    versions planned for Algol II-C were never used. UGM-27 Polaris Graphite-Epoxy Motor Little Joe Scout (rocket family) Vega (rocket) Hammond, Walter (1999)...
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    or extremely heavy. He finally settled on graphite which is a composite material of carbon fibers in an epoxy matrix. The materials are shipped from Tulsa...
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    was constructed mostly of composite materials such as carbon fiber, graphite epoxy, Kevlar, Styrofoam, and a thin, transparent plastic skin. The main tubular...
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  • "pre-impregnated" fibers and a partially cured polymer matrix, such as epoxy or phenolic resin, or even thermoplastic mixed with liquid rubbers or resins...
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  • individual graphite composite filaments. The majority of patents are for Polyamide-imide engine components, with the potential for graphite, glass or titanium...
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    using lithium-ion batteries. The 3 m diameter case was composed of graphite epoxy filament wound case and low density rubber was used for the internal...
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    include: wood, metal, water, plaster and epoxy—most of which will be eliminated upon firing. A ceramic-filled epoxy, such as Martyte, is sometimes used to...
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  • presented a photograph of its composite gear housing. Sikorsky used graphite-epoxy material for manufacturing of composite gear housing. The composite...
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    Winglet Technology, with the help of Cessna, began flight testing epoxy/graphite elliptical winglets on a Citation X. Flight testing was nearing completion...
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