AIAA INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEMS
The International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems, also known as "the launch guide", is the best-selling reference guide to launch systems around the world. The Space Transportation TC is responsible for producing updated editions of the Guide approximately every four years.
The Fourth Edition of Space Launch Systems, by Steven Isakowitz, Joshua Hopkins, and Joseph Hopkins was published in Spring 2004. This updated edition covers all active launch systems through the end of 2003. Each chapter includes flight history, performance graphs, stage design information, launch operations summaries, cost information and more.
For more information on how to order the Guide, see the AIAA Bookstore
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The following launch vehicles are covered:
· Angara
· Ariane
· Athena
· Atlas
· Cyclone
· Delta
· Dnepr
· Falcon
· H-IIA
· K-1
· Kaituozhe
· Kosmos
· Long March
· Minotaur
· M-V
· Pegasus
· Proton
· PSLV and GSLV
· Rockot
· Scorpius
· Shavit
· Shtil and Volna
· Soyuz and Molniya
· Space Shuttle
· Start
· Strela
· Taurus
· Titan
· Vega
· VLS and VLM
· Zenit
· Spaceports
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