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Corporation acquired approximately 12,600 acres (51 km) of land in
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operating at over 100 kW of power. During the demonstration, it broke records for the maximum power output, thrust and operating current achieved by a Hall thruster to date. It operated at a range of power from 5 kW to 102 kW, with electric current of up to 260 amperes. It generated
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Due to the studio and rocket businesses, General Tire & Rubber came to own a great deal of property in
California. Its internal facilities management unit began commercializing its operations, landing General Tire & Rubber in the real estate business. This started when Aerojet-General
514:(FCC) during license renewal proceedings in the late 1980s. The FCC was reluctant to renew the broadcast licenses, due to widespread lying to advertisers and regulators. As a result of the protracted proceedings, GenCorp sold RKO General's broadcast properties beginning in 1987.
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GenCorp withdrew its over-funded pension during the real estate boom years of 2006 and 2007. The real estate bust caused an underfunding of the pension plan of over $ 300 million. This caused a freeze of its pension plan on
February 1, 2009, and an end to
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and utilizing parts remaining in
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January 2022 on grounds that this would eliminate the largest independent maker of rocket motors and Lockheed subsequently abandoned the deal in February 2022.
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company began experimenting with various rocket designs. For a solid-fuel rocket, they needed binders, and turned to
General Tire & Rubber for assistance. General became a partner in the company.
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channels, each a few centimeters deep, nested around one another in concentric rings. The system is 227 kg (500 lb) and almost 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter.
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in 2004, and forced the deal after complaining about "significant underperformance and deterioration of share price". Aerojet
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would acquire the company for $ 4.4 billion. The acquisition was expected to close in first quarter of 2022, but this received opposition from
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movie studio. All of its media and entertainment holdings were organized into the RKO General division.
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rocket launches after which an expendable version, RS-25E will be developed for follow-on SLS launches.
2031:"Aerojet Rocketdyne Selected As Main Propulsion Provider for Boeing and DARPA Experimental Spaceplane"
1487:"GenCorp board faces shake-up: CEO steps down; Steel Partners II, a hedge fund, wins directors' seats"
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expanded the broadcast business into television. In 1953, General Tire & Rubber bought the
1908:"Aerojet Rocketdyne Motor Plays Key Role in Successful Blue Origin In-Flight Crew Escape Test"
1883:"L3Harris completes $ 4.7B deal for rocket-engine maker Aerojet, which will based in Palm Bay"
1351:"Here's how Aerojet Rocketdyne might bring 5,000 new aerospace engineering jobs to Huntsville"
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spacecraft, also known as the Phantom Express. The engine is based on the
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MR106L — 5-7 lb hydrazine monopropellant thruster
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1843:Gomez, Nathan; Ghosh, Kanjyik (December 19, 2022).
1294:Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (21 April 2015).
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Multi-mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
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Multi-mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
1252:"About Us | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc"
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2431:Technology companies based in Greater Los Angeles
2033:. Aerojet Rocketdyne. 24 May 2017. Archived from
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