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Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supports ULA Delta II Launch of Soil...
2015-02-01 15:44:21| Automakers - Topix.net
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, helped propel the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, carrying the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite into orbit for NASA so scientists can better understand the Earth's water, carbon and energy cycles. SMAP was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Demonstrates 3D Printed Rocket Propulsion System for Satellites
2014-12-16 00:45:35| Automakers - Topix.net
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, has successfully completed a hot-fire test of its MPS-120 CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System . The MPS-120 is the first 3D-printed hydrazine integrated propulsion system and is designed to provide propulsion for CubeSats, enabling missions not previously available to these tiny satellites.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supported Mission for U.S. Government...
2014-12-14 00:45:24| Automakers - Topix.net
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, played a major role to successfully place a classified payload into orbit for the U.S. government with the inaugural launch of an RL10C-1 upper-stage engine. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, which also used Aerojet Rocketdyne helium pressurization tanks, four AJ60 solid rocket boosters and a dozen upper-stage thrusters used for roll, pitch, yaw and settling burns.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne, Folsom complete work to ease drought's effects
2014-07-02 14:33:05| Automakers - Topix.net
Citing the urgency to conserve water amid California's intensifying drought, officials of Aerojet Rocketdyne and the city of Folsom announced Tuesday an interim solution that will enable the company to start reusing millions of gallons of treated groundwater.
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