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... Infobox Spacecraft Name = '''''Leasat F1'''''
Image = Image:Syncom_IV-STS-51-A.jpg 200px Organization = Department of Defense-Department ... .gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=Leasat%20F1 Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle Leasat F1 was part of a series of five satellites developed as a commercial venture to provide ...

Image:M2 Lifting Body ECN 1036.jpg 300px '''M2 Lifting Body (ECN 1036)''' Category:Aircraft

... , Tunney to Proxmire, 9 July 75; CR, 26 July 75, S13882-83) The rocket-powered M2-F3 lifting body-a wingless vehicle that derives aerodynamic lift from its body shape-arrived ... the third version of Ames Research Center 's M-2 lifting-body design. The first, M2-F1 , was a lightweight plywood glider towed to altitude by a C-47 and released, whereupon ... vehicle and injuring the pilot. The lifting body was rebuilt, incorporating modifications, and designated M2-F3 . The M2-F3 made more than 37 glide and powered flights with a jet reaction control ...

... commander. ‘‘(AP, Wash. Post, 9/17/66, F1; AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 9/17/66, A5; UPI, NYT, 9/18/66, 1, 82)’’ M2-F2 lifting body vehicle, piloted by NASA test ...

... largest space company, to manufacture a replacement for its Anik F1 satellite~ the Anik F1R . Engineers had determined that the Anik F1 , based on the 702 platform of Boeing Satellite Systems, was ... -e.asp (accessed 12 August 2008); Sam Silverstein, “Telesat Canada Selects Astrium to Replace Anik F1 ,” Space News, 4 February 2003. January 2003 January February 2003 February Feb 1 2003 1 ...

... really working on those. There was 15 Saturn V rockets built along with another called F1. Today, we’ve got two left. The Saturn here at JSC is a real one ... . It was made to train the crane operators to lift it, and it was called F1. It was a full simulator, except it didn’t have real engines on it. It ... 450 feet to the roof. We did a lot of that. We’d get in F1 when it was there, and I knew some guys, and they said, “Yes, come over ...

... end of second exposure. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' NASA authorized partial restoration of primary structure of M2-F2 lift­ing-body vehicle so it could be removed from inspection jig used to ... by late summer. OART would determine future research work on M2-F2 from "flight results and other experience obtained from both the M2 and the HL-10." ''(FRC Release 10-68; ARC ...

... damaged in accident May 10, 1967, would be repaired, modified, and returned to service as M2-F3 , NASA announced. Modifications would include center-stabilizing fin, special equipment for use as test ... research, jet reaction roll control system, and improved internal components for precise maneuvering by pilot. M2-F3 would rejoin HL-10 and X-24 in NASA-USAF flight research program to ...

... completed at 9100-km (30 000-ft) altitude to verify B-52/adapter/heavy-weight M2-F3 compatibility, check out propellant system, and check out jettison system. Flight portion followed air ... 000-ft) altitude to expand launch envelope, study transonic configuration, investigate lateral phugoid present on M2-F2 , check out reaction control system, and evaluate nose window requirements. ''(NASA Proj Off)'' NASA ...

... , and 65.8° inclination. ''( Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC SSR, 2/28/71)'' NASA's M2-F3 lifting body vehicle, piloted by Maj. Jerauld R. Gentry (USAF), successfully completed fifth flight ... - 52 aircraft at FRC. Purpose of flight was to compare flight characteristics of M2-F3 with those of M2-F2 . Maj. Gentry was only active pilot who had flown both vehicles. Mission ...

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