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NASA reports rocket explosion on Wallops Island
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NASA reports rocket explosion on Wallops Island | NASA reports rocket explosion on Wallops Island |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Saturday, 23 August 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 Also onboard was the Sub-Orbital Aerodynamic Re-entry Experiments VI (SOAREX-VI).
An atmospheric density calibration probe was also a part of the SOAREX-VI payload. In addition to these two experiments, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory had onboard a receiver and transmitter (nicknamed "Melonsat") that was being used to test for ocean recoveries with respect to an automatic identification system (AIS). Its "melon" shape gave it its nickname.
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