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Rocketplane Kistler

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Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) was a reusable launch system firm originally based in Oklahoma. [1]

20 relations: Alliant Techsystems, Bob Citron, Burns Flat, Oklahoma, Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, Geosynchronous orbit, International Space Station, K-1 (rocket), Kirkland, Washington, MSNBC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Reusable launch system, Rocketplane Global Inc., Rocketplane Limited, Inc., Rocketplane XP, Space.com, SpaceX, Walter Kistler, Wisconsin.

Alliant Techsystems

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was an American aerospace, defense, and sporting goods company with its headquarters in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States.

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Bob Citron

Robert A. Citron, often called Bob Citron (September 14, 1932 – January 31, 2012) was an American entrepreneur and aerospace engineer who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the University of the Philippines (liberal arts) and aeronautical engineering from Northrop University (1953–1959).

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Burns Flat, Oklahoma

Burns Flat is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code

Chapter 7 of the Title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy Code) governs the process of liquidation under the bankruptcy laws of the United States (in contrast, Chapters 11 and 13 govern the process of reorganization of a debtor in bankruptcy).

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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services

Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) was a NASA program to coordinate the delivery of crew and cargo to the International Space Station by private companies.

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Geosynchronous orbit

A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an orbit around Earth of a satellite with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, which takes one sidereal day (23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds).

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International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.

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K-1 (rocket)

The Kistler K-1 launch vehicle was to have been a two-stage, fully reusable launch system aerospace vehicle in commercial development by Rocketplane Kistler.

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Kirkland, Washington

Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States.

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MSNBC

MSNBC is an American news cable and satellite television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Reusable launch system

A reusable launch system (RLS, or reusable launch vehicle, RLV) is a space launch system intended to allow for recovery of all or part of the system for later reuse.

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Rocketplane Global Inc.

Rocketplane Global Inc. is a reusable rocketplane aerospace design and development company headquartered in DePere, Wisconsin.

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Rocketplane Limited, Inc.

Rocketplane Limited, Inc. was a spacecraft design and development company headquartered in DePere, Wisconsin.

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Rocketplane XP

The Rocketplane XP was a suborbital spaceplane design that was under development c. 2005 by Rocketplane Kistler.

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Space.com

Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.

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SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is a private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.

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Walter Kistler

Walter P. Kistler (1918 – November 2, 2015) was a physicist, inventor, and philanthropist, born in Biel, Switzerland. Kistler is a life member of the Swiss Physical Society and a member of AIAA and ISA, which presented him the Life Achievement Award in 2000. He held patents on more than 50 inventions in the scientific and industrial instrumentation fields, and had published a number of papers in scientific and trade journals.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketplane_Kistler

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