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CHAPTER IV: LAUNCH VEHICLES Thor and Atlas Derivatives The earliest launch vehicles used by the Air Force were Thor and Atlas missiles modified by the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division and Space Systems Division to se
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Company

McDonnell Douglas / NPO Energomash / Lockheed Martin Corporation / Pratt & Whitney / CBC / Manned Orbiting Laboratory / The Boeing Company / /

Currency

GBP / /

Event

M&A / Business Partnership / /

Facility

Vandenberg AFB / Space Transportation System / Boeing’s Seattle facility / Manned Orbiting Laboratory / /

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launch services / experimental satellite / early warning satellite / satellite vehicle / communications repeater / communications satellite / redundant systems / launcher using existing technology / telecommunications satellite / /

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Cape Canaveral / /

Organization

SMC / Space Systems Division / V EELV / Congress / Space Division / National Reconnaissance Office / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Air Force Ballistic Missile Division / Air Force / Department of Defense / /

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Thor Able / Clinton / Thor Agena / /

Position

president / Secretary of Defense / contractor / /

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Challenger / Atlas / Delta / Shuttle / Apollo / Gemini / RL / Titan / /

PublishedMedium

the Launch Broad Area Review / /

Region

east coast / west coast / /

Technology

using existing technology / GPS / Satellite Communications System / /

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