According to Allen and his partners, this air-launch-to-orbit system is far less expensive and far more flexible than traditional ground launches, which are still used by some private companies for satellite launches.
We need to really think seriously about a variety of alternative launch facilities and, also, a launch infrastructure that's really more suited to so-called launch-on- demand, which the Air Force has talked about at various times as a future requirement.
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ARINC, a technology firm, says it plans to launch in-air services with Qantas and a second, unnamed Asian airline.
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Air Force F-15E fighter jets will launch the new weapon, which would find its target either by a laser or satellite guidance system.
This week Korean automaker Hyundai unveiled a multi-rotor flying electric car for congested cities and SolarWorld and PC-Aero announced plans to launch two new solar-powered electric airplanes at an air show in Germany.
" When you release it, the launch pushes air through a barrel-like container which creates a "toroidal effect.
He persuaded Winfrey to double her on-air time in 2009, before the launch.
For example, one of them, Bucking Bronco, can launch enemies in the air or create a proximity-based trap.
The Air Force wants to consider using rockets from a nontraditional provider to launch billion-dollar spy satellites because they are cheaper, even though the startup has had three launch failures in seven tries.
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Here the GS4 seems to struggle again, in spite of the fact that reports leading up to its launch caused much excitement with details of eye-scrolling technology and air gestures.
The CRS-2 supply mission, operated by Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX, lifted off successfully on a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:10 AM Eastern time.
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Now he is preparing to launch Starchaser 3A after displaying his home-made rocket at an international air show.
Korean Air and VIP customers have joined launch customer Lufthansa in ordering a total of 33 747-8 Intercontinentals.
In the thin air of Cherry Hills outside Denver, Palmer drove the 336-yard par-four first hole to launch his final-round charge that led to victory.
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Nokia for one is probably in no rush to adopt WMA. Apple might even launch a wireless version of the iTunes Music Store that delivered songs over-the-air.
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The US Navy has expanded the role of its destroyers and the Arleigh Burke-class of vessels is designed to launch simultaneous attacks against targets on land, in the air, at sea and below it.
They will take up snowboards, skis, motorbikes and snowmobiles and launch themselves high into the crisp Colorado air, delighting millions of viewers while trying to avoid bone-crushing face-plants in the snow.
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