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    The RM-81 Agena (/ədʒinə/) was an American rocket upper stage and satellite bus which was developed by Lockheed Corporation initially for the canceled...
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    payloads. The Atlas-Agena was a two-and-a-half-stage rocket, with a stage-and-a-half Atlas missile as the first stage, and an RM-81 Agena second stage. Initially...
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  • Agena may refer to: Keiko Agena (1973), an American actress Beta Centauri, a star RM-81 Agena, a rocket upper stage family developed by Lockheed, especially...
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    An RM-81 Agena upper stage was used on a former Atlas-F, to launch the Seasat satellite on 27 June 1978. This was the final flight of the Atlas-Agena. Previous...
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    origin to the earlier Bell Aerosystems engines (8096, 8247) used in the RM-81 Agena, the rocket upper stage and satellite support bus developed by Lockheed...
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    XLR81 (redirect from Bell XLR-81-BA-13)
    15 days. Space portal RM-81 Agena Thor-Agena Thorad-Agena Atlas-Agena Titan (rocket) Rocket engine using liquid fuel "Atlas Agena D SLV-3". Encyclopedia...
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  • Lockheed X-17 Lockheed L-301 (aka X-24C) Lockheed Star Clipper Corona RM-81 Agena Agena target vehicle Apollo Launch Escape System Hubble Space Telescope...
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    boosted by a Titan 34D rocket. Centaur (rocket stage) Inertial Upper Stage RM-81 Agena Wade, Mark. "AJ10-138". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the...
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    Vandenberg as a space booster configured with an RM-81 Agena upper-stage rocket and the Atlas-Agena would launch many different types of satellites into...
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    Atlas D missile-derived SLV-3s were used for orbital launches with the RM-81 Agena and Centaur upper stages. The modified Atlas LV-3B was used for the orbital...
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    Launches used Thor-Agena launch vehicles flying from Vandenberg Air Force Base, with the payload being integrated into the Agena. Different versions...
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    Hyperboloids of one sheet, such as cooling towers and some trash bins. The RM-81 Agena rocket engine employed straight cooling channels that were laid out in...
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    agreement on 30 January 1961 concerning the Air Force's participation in the RM-81 Agena B Launch Vehicle Program, and the 6555th's participation in the Centaur...
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    in constructing combustion chambers where gases can reach 3500 K. The RM-81 Agena upper stage engine used a regeneratively cooled aluminium design for...
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    Potential experiments related to space robotics, proximity operations etc. RM-81 Agena Rocket Lab Photon Comparison of satellite buses "Payloads". www.isro...
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  • light antitank missile) ATM-6 (medium-range multipurpose missile) SAM-1 (Type 81 short-range surface-to-air missile) (SAM) SAM-1B SAM-1C SAM-2 (Type 91 man-portable...
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    Project FIRE. A number were also used with upper stages, such as the RM-81 Agena, to launch satellites. The Atlas D was deployed in limited numbers as...
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  • photo-intelligence satellites. Quill satellites were based around the Lockheed RM-81 Agena-D, which also served as the upper stage for orbital insertion. The prime...
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    which had the RM-81 Agena and Centaur upper stages, the Atlas LV-3B, which launched the final four Project Mercury spaceflights, Atlas-Agena, Atlas-Able...
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    orbit Successful Final flight of the Titan IIIB rocket. Final use of the RM-81 Agena upper stage in any rocket. 26 February 23:05 Delta 3914 Cape Canaveral...
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    features KH-3 CORONA main features KH-4 CORONA-M (Agena-B service module) main features KH-4 CORONA-M (Agena-D service module) main features KH-4A CORONA-J1...
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    Blok D Pad 81/23, Baikonur MOM Zond 4 (L1 6) MOM Lunar Free-return Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond In orbit Successful 4 March Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D Cape Canaveral...
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  • Cosmic rays Radiation 20 August 1963 Successful 9 April 15:04:48 Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Point Arguello LC-1-2 US Air Force MIDAS-5 US Air Force Medium Earth Missile...
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    three-dimensional simulation in Fortran of the tethered Gemini capsule – Agena rocket module two-body problem at a time when it was not completely understood...
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  • recovery failed 18 February 22:58 Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force Discoverer 21 (MIDAS RM-2) US Air Force Low Earth Technology Missile...
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  • LV-3A Agena-B Point Arguello LC-1-2 US Air Force MIDAS-3 US Air Force Low Earth Missile defence In orbit Successful Maiden flight of Atlas LV-3A Agena-B 21...
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