A M-class flare recorded on September 25, 2011. The video covers three hours.
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On September 29, 2011, a Proton-M/Breeze-M launch vehicle lifted off from Baikonur with QuetzSat-1, a telecommunications satellite.
The Dream Chaser spacecraft is based on the HL-20 crew vehicle design. Dream Chaser launches on an existing launch vehicle and lands like a plane on a conventional runaway, and it will provide transport of up to seven crew members to low Earth orbit.
The Space Launch System (SLS) is designed to carry the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and cargo to Earth\’s orbit and beyond. SLS will also provide transportation services to the International Space Station. The core stage is powered by the RS-25D/E engines from the Space Shuttle Program and the upper stage will use the J-2X engine. Solid rocket boosters (SRBs) will be also used for the initial development flights. The lift capacity of the launch system will eventually reach 130 metric tons.
Read more about NASA\’s new Space Launch System…
SpaceX aims at delivering the world\’s first fully reusable launch vehicle. Interesting concept.
On September 21, 2011, an Ariane-5 launch vehicle lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana with two telecommunications satellites, Arabsat-5C and SES-2. The satellites were injected into transfer orbits with perigee altitudes of 249.6 km, and apogee altitudes of 35,957 km.
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