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... liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine used on the Saturn V launch vehicle during the Apollo program upgraded F-1 engine Geosynchronous Earth orbit guidance, navigation, and control hydroxyI-terminated polybutadiene, a solid rocket propellant binder inches specific impulse, in seconds ITL integration, transfer, and launch I-2 upper stage U.S. liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen engine used on the Saturn Launch vehicle during the Apollo Program pound Low-Earth orbit Launch Control Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aero-Space Plane National Launch System 135,000-pound payload class launch vehicle lb LEO LCC NASA NASP NLS NLS-1 9
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... mi. NRC Pc PBAN psla RD-170 RSRM s SDIO SKI SL SSF SRM SSME SSRT SSTO STME vac X-30 ACRONYMS 50,000-pound payload class launch vehicle 20,000-pound payload class launch vehicle nautical miles National Research Council chamber pressure polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile, a solid rocket motor propellant binder pounds per square inch absolute Soviet liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor seconds Strategic Defense Initiative Office Space Exploration Initiative sea level Space Station Freedom Solid Rocket Motor Space Shuttle Main Engine Single-Stage Rocket Technology Program Single-stage-to-orbit Space Transportation Main Engine · ~ eng~ne performance In space vacuum Experimental NASP vehicle
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