Questions regarding the steps and procedures taken prior and during the launch of a space vehicle.
Questions tagged [launch-sequence]
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Are there any indicative statistics about animal loss during launches?
Are there any indications of animal loss during a launch (shuttle or rocket). I'm referring to animals in the vicinity. I'm sure that it's minimal, but does the exhaust/sound/etc. knock out a bunch of birds and rodents, for example? Is there a…
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Is there an authoritative catalog for rocket launch identifiers?
For satellites there's NSSDCA/COSPAR, but I'm unable to find something similar for the launches of those objects. I'm hoping I'm not looking for something that doesn't exist as I'm assuming launch groups cannot use just any name/id they whim to?
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