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    The Alpha Draco missile, also known as Weapons System 199D (WS-199D), was an experimental ballistic missile developed by McDonnell Aircraft in the late...
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    The traditional name of Alpha Draconis, Thuban, means "head of the serpent". There are three stars above magnitude 3 in Draco. The brighter of the three...
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    became the GAM-87 Skybolt ALBM. Developed by McDonnell Aircraft, the Alpha Draco missile was an experimental, ground-launched, two-stage missile that...
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    Thuban (redirect from Alpha Draconis)
    (/ˈθjuːbæn/), with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco. A relatively inconspicuous star...
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    enough for a successful interception. The first known example was the Alpha Draco tests of 1959, followed by the Boost Glide Reentry Vehicle (BGRV) test...
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    problem of shooting down a warhead. Two designs were tested in 1957, Alpha Draco and the Boost Glide Reentry Vehicle. These used long and skinny arrow-like...
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  • Anti-satellite weapon WS-199B Bold Orion WS-199C High Virgo WS-199D Alpha Draco WS-201A 1954 interceptor WS-224A Phase I: BMEWS, Phase II: Wizard missile...
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    SM-64 Navaho missile launch, and later Jason sounding rockets and the Alpha Draco research missile. It was located north of Launch Complex 17, where Launch...
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  • A-1 Affordable Weapon Alpha Draco ALVRJ Aries APKWS ASALM ATASK Athena Bold Orion Brazo Caleb Caster 4B Cherokee Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Cree Crow...
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  • means Atlantic Missile Range Drop Zone. Terra-3 Related development Alpha Draco Bold Orion Comparable weapons ASM-135 ASAT GAM-87 Skybolt NOTS-EV-2 Caleb...
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    the remote future. In 3000 BC, the faint star Thuban in the constellation Draco was the North Star, aligning within 0.1° distance from the celestial pole...
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    means Atlantic Missile Range Drop Zone. Terra-3 Related development Alpha Draco High Virgo Comparable weapons ASM-135 ASAT GAM-87 Skybolt NOTS-EV-2 Caleb...
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  • Colony Wars (category Fiction set around Alpha Centauri)
    the player is defeated on Draco, the league are forced to flee into the Alpha Centauri. If the player is successful on Draco, this gives the League an...
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    The DraCo, also known as DraCo Vision in one of its later models, was a non-linear video editing workstation created by German MS MacroSystem Computer...
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    of +28.30° and +73.14°. Ursa Major borders eight other constellations: Draco to the north and northeast, Boötes to the east, Canes Venatici to the east...
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  • (novel) (August 2019) Authored by Ian Watson Inquisitor (1990) (reprinted as Draco in 2002) Harlequin (1994) Chaos Child (1995) Iron Hands by Jonathan Green...
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    eight SuperDraco engines can separate the capsule away from the launch vehicle in an emergency. SpaceX originally intended to use the SuperDraco engines...
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    a significantly lengthened trunk module which will be equipped with 46 Draco thrusters (instead of the normal 16) and will carry 30,000 kg (66,000 lb)...
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    Gamma Draconis (category Draco (constellation))
    northern constellation of Draco. Contrary to its gamma-designation (historically third-ranked), it is the brightest object in Draco at magnitude 2.2, outshining...
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    espousing the extraterrestrial hypothesis claim they either come from the Draco constellation or the Orion constellation or are allies with nefarious extraterrestrials...
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    been launched on a Falcon Heavy, and land solely via the use of its SuperDraco retro-propulsion thrusters, as parachutes would have required significant...
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    "Falling Eagle"), respectively. Beginning at the north, Lyra is bordered by Draco, Hercules, Vulpecula, and Cygnus. Lyra is nearly overhead in temperate northern...
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    party upgrade for other Amiga models. It is also used in the Amiga clone DraCo non-linear video system. The Q60 extended the Sinclair QL design similarly...
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  • testamentary donation, i.e., a donation by instituting or modifying a will. draco dormiens nunquam titillandus a sleeping dragon is never to be tickled Motto...
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    Grumium, and Rastaban (Gamma, Xi, and Beta Draconis) – in the head of Draco and one – Iota Herculis – in the foot of Hercules.[citation needed] The...
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    no stars brighter than apparent magnitude +2.5. Hercules is bordered by Draco to the north; Boötes, Corona Borealis, and Serpens Caput to the west; Ophiuchus...
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    (1976) — Mueller Quincy, M.E. (1977) — Arthur Forsythe Logan's Run (1977) — Draco The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977) — Rushton Lou Grant (1978–1981) — Wild Bill...
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    Arabic name. In Arabic astronomy, Draco was divided into three parts: Alawaid, the first part and the main body of Draco, also called الْرُّبَع ar-Rubaʽ...
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    β UMi and γ UMi). Ursa Minor is bordered by Camelopardalis to the west, Draco to the west, and Cepheus to the east. Covering 256 square degrees, it ranks...
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    allowing testing for the pressure vessel integrity, attitude control using the Draco thrusters, telemetry, guidance, navigation, control systems, and the PICA-X...
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