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		By: Edward		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[geoffc kind of asked: &quot;&lt;em&gt;That is kind of cool Mayb only GPS comes close to that record of different launch vehicles?&lt;/em&gt;&quot; 

Iridium initially launched on a wide variety of launch vehicles, too.  Wikipedia says the first generation launched on four vehicles: U.S. &lt;strong&gt;Delta II&lt;/strong&gt;, Russia&#039;s &lt;strong&gt;Proton-K/DM2 &lt;/strong&gt;and /strong&#062;Rokot/Briz-KM&lt;/strong&gt;, and China&#039;s &lt;strong&gt;Long March 2C/SD.  &lt;/strong&gt;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellation#First_generation 

The point is a good one, though.  Most satellites and probes are designed to be able to handle the conditions and fairing envelopes of three or so launch vehicles, in case a backup is necessary, but not many get to fly on very many different vehicles.  Even each generation of GPS may not have flown on five different vehicles.  Some of the GPS antennas were sensitive information, so it probably only launched on U.S. vehicles, limiting the number of different vehicles for each generation of satellite.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>geoffc kind of asked: &#8220;<em>That is kind of cool Mayb only GPS comes close to that record of different launch vehicles?</em>&#8221; </p>
<p>Iridium initially launched on a wide variety of launch vehicles, too.  Wikipedia says the first generation launched on four vehicles: U.S. <strong>Delta II</strong>, Russia&#8217;s <strong>Proton-K/DM2 </strong>and /strong&gt;Rokot/Briz-KM, and China&#8217;s <strong>Long March 2C/SD.  </strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellation#First_generation" rel="nofollow ugc">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellation#First_generation</a> </p>
<p>The point is a good one, though.  Most satellites and probes are designed to be able to handle the conditions and fairing envelopes of three or so launch vehicles, in case a backup is necessary, but not many get to fly on very many different vehicles.  Even each generation of GPS may not have flown on five different vehicles.  Some of the GPS antennas were sensitive information, so it probably only launched on U.S. vehicles, limiting the number of different vehicles for each generation of satellite.</p>
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		By: geoffc		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In some ways, Cygnus is a real accomplishment. It will be launching on 5 different vehicles...

Antares 1xx series
Atlas V
Antares 2xx series
Falcon 9
Antares 3xx series

That is kind of cool Mayb only GPS comes close to that record of different launch vehicles?

Falcon 9, Atlas V, Atlas II what else?  I cannot be bothered to look it up.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In some ways, Cygnus is a real accomplishment. It will be launching on 5 different vehicles&#8230;</p>
<p>Antares 1xx series<br />
Atlas V<br />
Antares 2xx series<br />
Falcon 9<br />
Antares 3xx series</p>
<p>That is kind of cool Mayb only GPS comes close to that record of different launch vehicles?</p>
<p>Falcon 9, Atlas V, Atlas II what else?  I cannot be bothered to look it up.</p>
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