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Ep. 161: Launch Facilities
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November 24th, 2009 |
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Cape Canaveral
Launching a rocket into space requires a big effort on the ground. Space agencies have built up huge infrastructures to store, prepare and launch rockets. Let’s take a look at what’s involved on the ground at a place like Cape Canaveral. What happens before, during and after a launch.
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Major Launch facilities
- Cape Canaveral — Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station/Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, USA
- Shuttle and rocket launch schedule
- Mojave Air and Space Port, California USA
- Spaceport America, New Mexico, USA
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, USA
- White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA
- Kourou Launch Facility in French Guiana
- Sea Launch Facility
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Khazakstan
- Kagoshima Space Center, a.k.a. Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Xichang launch centers, China
- ISRO launch facility, India
Launch details
- Benefits of launching from the equator
- Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC
- NASA’s crawler-transporter system
- Rotating Service Structure
- Launch Complex 39-a and 39-B
- Water Sound Suppression System
- “Walk Down” tour of the launchpad with Jen and Andy Sheer — Astronomy.fm
- 3-D Video of NASA’s launchpads
- IMAX movie, The Dream is Alive
- Space Food
- Spaceflight Meteorology Group
- Shuttle launch profile
- Shuttle countdown timeline (STS-129)
- Ep. 127 — Scott Miller’s trip to KSC
- Shuttle Landing Facility
- Shuttle Emergency landing sites
- Alternate Shuttle Landing Sites
- Video of Shuttle riding “piggyback” on a 747
- Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2
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Grt podcast once again. I think you guys forgot mentioning ISRO’s launchpad in India. It has two launch pads and they are constructing a third one.
How about a podcast about space agencies around the world? Sounds like a mulit-part pod-casting opportunity!