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Aerojet Rocketdyne Engines Help Send NOAA Weather Satellite Into Orbit
Two Aerojet Rocketdyne-built engines helped power United Launch Alliance‘s Delta II rocket that launched a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite into space. The RS-27A engine generated 237,000 pounds of thrust to lift the rocket carrying NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 and the AJ10-118K upper-stage engine produced 10,000 pounds of thrust to insert the payload into orbit, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Saturday. […] More