A rocket fired for test purposes.
1 No high-atmosphere test rocket has automatic controls such as this would require.
2 His first manned test rocket will travel fifteen thousand feet, almost three miles, straight up.
3 Results would then be radioed to the ground in the seconds before the test rocket crashed.
4 Final checks were being done on the second Electron test rocket , which will be shipped to the Mahia launch site soon, Mr Beck said.
5 The test rocket incorporates most of the core components of the Ares I, but will not actually be used for missions in the future.
6 These test rockets were fitted with recording baro-thermographs, etc.
7 The purpose seemed clear: to test rockets made or smuggled in by Palestinian groups who do not have space for a practice range.
8 Senior lecturer at the university's Engineering Department Mike Brooks said it was possible for South Africa to develop and launch hybrid test rockets .
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