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==History==
 
==History==
Authorized by the [[Alliance Space Command]] (ASC), the AS '''''Procyon''''' was launched by the [[Western Alliance]] to explore [[Terra|Mars]]. The AS ''Procyon'' was the second of the ''[[Altair (Transport)|Altair]]''-class transports launched and used a conventional chemical propulsion system. Launched in August, [[2017]], with a crew of six, the AS ''Procyon'' was equipped with scientific instrumentation and supplies for the year-long round trip.<ref name="D&Jp6">''DropShips and JumpShips'', p. 6: "Rise of the Western Alliance"</ref>
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Authorized by the [[Alliance Space Command]] (ASC), the AS '''''Procyon''''' was launched by the [[Western Alliance]] to explore [[Terra|Mars]]. The AS ''Procyon'' was the second of the ''[[Altair (Transport)|Altair]]''-class transports launched and used a conventional chemical propulsion system. Launched in August, [[2017]], with a crew of six, the AS ''Procyon'' was equipped with scientific instrumentation and supplies for the year-long round trip.<ref name="D&Jp6">''DropShips and JumpShips'', p. 6, "Rise of the Western Alliance"</ref>
  
The AS ''Procyon'' had at least three sister ships, including the [[Altair (Individual Altair-class spacecraft)|AS ''Altair'']], which launched a month before the AS ''Procyon'' and performed the first manned mission to Mars,<ref name="D&Jp6"/> and the [[Columbia (Individual Altair-class spacecraft)|AS ''Columbia'']], which launched in [[2018]], and which was refitted in [[2026]], to become the first fusion-powered interstellar transport.<ref name="D&Jp7">''DropShips and JumpShips'', p. 7: "Rise of the Western Alliance"</ref>
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The AS ''Procyon'' had at least three sister ships, including the [[Altair (Altair)|AS ''Altair'']], which launched a month before the AS ''Procyon'' and performed the first manned mission to Mars,<ref name="D&Jp6"/> and the [[Columbia (Altair)|AS ''Columbia'']], which launched in [[2018]], and which was refitted in [[2026]], to become the first fusion-powered interstellar transport.<ref name="D&Jp7">''DropShips and JumpShips'', p. 7, "Rise of the Western Alliance"</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
 
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
 
 
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[[Category: Individual Altair-class Transports]]

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