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Rocket repurposed from intercontinental ballistic missile launches secret US spy satellites to orbit from California
A Minotaur IV rocket lifted off from the Golden State's Vandenberg Space Force Base today (April 16) at 3:33 p.m. EDT (1633 ...
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How the Nazis Invented the Future of Modern War: The V-2 Rocket
During the chaos of World War II, Nazi Germany unveiled the V-2 Rocket, the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. Developed by Wernher von Braun, it was a feat of engineering wrapped in ...
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Minotaur IV rocket launches spy payloads for National Reconnaissance Office
The mission, designated NROL-174, lifted off at 3:33 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg.
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Germany’s largest rocket since V-2 crashes and explodes seconds after launch
the Nazi-era rocket that has often been described as having launched the space age and was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. Isar Aerospace, the German company that ...