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    Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) was a reusable launch system firm originally based in Oklahoma. It was formed in 2006 after Rocketplane Limited, Inc. acquired...
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  • The Rocketplane XP was a suborbital spaceplane design that was under development c. 2005 by Rocketplane Kistler. The vehicle was to be powered by two...
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  • and acceleration Kistler Aerospace, former name of Rocketplane Kistler, company attempting to develop fully reusable vehicles Kistler (surname) This disambiguation...
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    2006 Kistler was purchased by Rocketplane Limited, Inc, who had previously been developing a competing concept. Both SpaceX and the new Rocketplane Kistler...
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  • Rocketplane, Rocketplane Limited of Oklahoma, Rocketplane Kistler, and Rocketplane Global LLC. Pioneer Rocketplane and Rocketplane Kistler have been dissolved...
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  • Rocketplane, Rocketplane Limited of Oklahoma, Rocketplane Kistler, and Rocketplane Global LLC. Pioneer Rocketplane and Rocketplane Kistler have been dissolved...
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    automated cargo spacecraft". NASA signed COTS agreements with SpaceX and Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) in 2006, but later terminated the agreement with RpK due to...
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    NK-33 (section Kistler K-1)
    AJ26-58, AJ-26-59 and AJ26-62, and NK-43 to AJ26-60. Kistler Aerospace, later called Rocketplane Kistler (RpK), designed their K-1 rocket around three NK-33s...
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    Brian. "NASA Invests in Private Sector Space Flight with SpaceX, Rocketplane-Kistler". nasa.gov (Press release). Archived from the original on September...
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    announced that two relatively young aerospace companies, SpaceX and Rocketplane Kistler, had been awarded $278 million and $207 million, respectively, under...
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  • Federation K-1 (rocket), an aerospace vehicle under development by Rocketplane Kistler Kawai K1, a digital synthesizer Magnetophon K1, the first tape recorder...
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    Latinized Greek word for swan and a northern constellation. With Rocketplane Kistler unable to meet funding obligations for its K-1 launch vehicle under...
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  • and engineering team to push the development of the Rocketplane XP. In 2006, it acquired Kistler Aerospace. Zubrin, Robert (1999). Entering Space: Creating...
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    vice-president (1982–1983) Consultant (1984 – date unknown) Kistler Aerospace (Rocketplane Kistler from 2006) CEO 1995–2004 Chairman and chief vehicle architect...
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    last recovery attempt took place in 2009. The commercial ventures, Rocketplane Kistler and Rotary Rocket, attempted to build reusable privately developed...
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  • Galaxy Express Corporation 2009 Ares I NASA 2005 2010 Ares V Rocketplane XP Rocketplane Kistler 2011 Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle NASA 2009 2010...
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  • Lai worked at Kistler Aerospace in Kirkland, Washington, a company that was eventually acquired and renamed Rocketplane Kistler. At Kistler, he worked as...
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  • Royal Park railway station (station code), Melbourne, Australia Rocketplane Kistler (RpK), a former aerospace company RPK (rapper), stage name of the...
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    One company, Rocketplane Kistler, formerly based in Oklahoma, had plans to build and operate a suborbital spacecraft, the Rocketplane XP, but filed for...
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  • the COTS competition for funded agreements with NASA. SpaceX and Rocketplane Kistler received the two funded agreements in August 2006. In January 2007...
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  • 2007 October 1, 2007 RKPLOVR NASA terminates its contract with Rocketplane Kistler No October 7, 2007 October 7, 2007 SEGWIN Both challenges are met...
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  • "Kistler K-1". www.astronautix.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-26. 4500jas (2017-08-04), Rocketplane Kistler K-1...
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  • for funding the COTS R&D by NASA. Andrews Space later supported Rocketplane Kistler's COTS effort. In 2010 and 2011 Andrews Space support Orbital's Cygnus...
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    began by protesting an award by the prior NASA administration to RocketPlane Kistler with the Government Accountability Office. Before the GAO could respond...
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    2010. SpaceX and Kistler were to receive up to US$278 million and US$207 million respectively, if they met all NASA milestones, but Kistler failed to meet...
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