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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #1700 on: 11/04/2017 09:38 am »
Navy reveals plans to put hypersonic strike weapon on subs if DOD elects to acquire capability

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« Reply #1701 on: 11/04/2017 11:17 am »
http://www.losangeles.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1361716/janus-target-successfully-launched-for-patriot-test/

Janus Target Successfully Launched for PATRIOT Test
SMC Public Affairs / Published November 02, 2017

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Directorate, successfully completed a Janus Target vehicle launch, Sept. 16.

“The vehicle provided by RSLP offer realistic and affordable targets for testing of our nation’s missile defense system,” said Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Air Force program executive officer for Space and SMC commander.  "Congratulations to the Launch Enterprise team and its mission partners for another successful launch."

Janus was designed by Orbital ATK to provide a realistic threat target meeting the stringent performance requirements of the U.S. Army’s PATRIOT program.  The Janus target utilizes a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage. The rocket lifted from its launch pad at Wake Island with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit.  In addition to Orbital ATK’s work as the prime contractor for the target, ASRC Federal Space & Defense provided mission assurance services to independently verify and validate the Janus Target’s performance.

One of the critical elements of the RSLP program is supporting U.S. government research, development and testing. Besides providing the Army’s Lower Tier Project office with a realistic threat target, the Janus mission also serves as a use for the national stockpile of solid motors from heritage ICBM systems. The mission incorporated two surplus solid rocket motors from the Minuteman II weapon system, which was retired in 1994.

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Caption 1: A Janus target sits poised for launch from Wake Island in support of a PATRIOT fire unit test. Janus provides a realistic threat target for the PATRIOT. Utilizing a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage, the rocket lifted from its launch pad with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)

Caption 2: A Janus target launches from Wake Island in support of a PATRIOT fire unit test. Janus provides a realistic threat target for the PATRIOT. Utilizing a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage, the rocket lifted from its launch pad with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)




SR19/SR19 with two MLRS strapons - so an identical stack to the eMBRM-T1 vehicle launched in 2013; probably
exactly the same vehicle type as both were OATK.
Most likely yes but the top target payload may be different. Janus is the missiles actual name and most pressers in the past use the payload name in place of the missiles name. I am counting around 9 Janus launches to date.

I have never seen an image of the eMBRM-T1, but the earlier launches of boosted SR-19 SR-19 (TCMP-3, CMP-4) differed from Janus in having fins on stage 1.

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« Reply #1702 on: 11/04/2017 08:34 pm »
http://www.losangeles.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1361716/janus-target-successfully-launched-for-patriot-test/

Janus Target Successfully Launched for PATRIOT Test
SMC Public Affairs / Published November 02, 2017

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Directorate, successfully completed a Janus Target vehicle launch, Sept. 16.

“The vehicle provided by RSLP offer realistic and affordable targets for testing of our nation’s missile defense system,” said Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Air Force program executive officer for Space and SMC commander.  "Congratulations to the Launch Enterprise team and its mission partners for another successful launch."

Janus was designed by Orbital ATK to provide a realistic threat target meeting the stringent performance requirements of the U.S. Army’s PATRIOT program.  The Janus target utilizes a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage. The rocket lifted from its launch pad at Wake Island with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit.  In addition to Orbital ATK’s work as the prime contractor for the target, ASRC Federal Space & Defense provided mission assurance services to independently verify and validate the Janus Target’s performance.

One of the critical elements of the RSLP program is supporting U.S. government research, development and testing. Besides providing the Army’s Lower Tier Project office with a realistic threat target, the Janus mission also serves as a use for the national stockpile of solid motors from heritage ICBM systems. The mission incorporated two surplus solid rocket motors from the Minuteman II weapon system, which was retired in 1994.

Media Contact: [email protected]

Caption 1: A Janus target sits poised for launch from Wake Island in support of a PATRIOT fire unit test. Janus provides a realistic threat target for the PATRIOT. Utilizing a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage, the rocket lifted from its launch pad with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)

Caption 2: A Janus target launches from Wake Island in support of a PATRIOT fire unit test. Janus provides a realistic threat target for the PATRIOT. Utilizing a refurbished SR-19 “Flexseal” motor for its first and second stage, the rocket lifted from its launch pad with the assistance of two U.S. Army M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System strap-on boosters. Both stages completed their nominal burn patterns placing the Re-entry Vehicle into the defended footprint of a PATRIOT fire unit. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)




SR19/SR19 with two MLRS strapons - so an identical stack to the eMBRM-T1 vehicle launched in 2013; probably
exactly the same vehicle type as both were OATK.
Most likely yes but the top target payload may be different. Janus is the missiles actual name and most pressers in the past use the payload name in place of the missiles name. I am counting around 9 Janus launches to date.

I have never seen an image of the eMBRM-T1, but the earlier launches of boosted SR-19 SR-19 (TCMP-3, CMP-4) differed from Janus in having fins on stage 1.
eMBRM-T1 is the same as Janus but with a name. What you call Boosted SR-19 SR-19 was replaced by the Janus that uses a PLV first stage but uses a finned second stage with a new fin design compared to Boosted SR-19 SR-19 which allows the fins to be deleted from the first stage.
Their are believed to be 2 versions of Janus of which the later has yet to fly:
MLRS - SR-19-AJ-1 - SR-19-AJ-1
MLRS - SR-19-AJ-1 - SR-19-AJ-1 - Orbus-1A

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #1704 on: 11/06/2017 03:31 am »
A Light in the Dark: NASA Sounding Rocket Probes the Dark Regions of Space

UPDATE Oct. 30, 2017:

The Dual-channel Extreme Ultraviolet Continuum Experiment, or DEUCE, was launched at 6 a.m. EDT, Oct. 30, from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The Black Brant IX sounding rocket performed nominally. However, science data was not obtained because of a possible issue with the attitude control system. The payload descended by parachute and was recovered. The Sounding Rocket Program Office is investigating the anomaly.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #1705 on: 11/06/2017 05:07 am »
This article https://news.usni.org/2017/11/03/navy-conducts-flight-test-support-conventional-prompt-strike-ohio-class-boomers?utm_content=buffer670ec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Strategic Systems Program (SSP) Director Vice Adm. Terry Benedict said on Nov. 2 that “I’m very proud to report that at 0300 on Monday night SSP flew from Hawaii [Pacific Missile Range Facility] … the first conventional prompt strike missile for the United States Navy in the form factor that would eventually, could eventually be utilized if leadership chooses to do so in an Ohio-class tube. It’s a monumental achievement.”
The admiral spoke at the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium in Arlington, Va


Now what exactly would he mean by 0300 Monday night? Possibly as a Navy person speaking to other
Navy people he would have used GMT? In which case Oct 31 0300 GMT (early Tuesday?)
Or 'monday night' meaning sunday/monday HST,  Oct 30 0300 HST = Oct 30 1300 GMT?

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« Reply #1706 on: 11/06/2017 01:48 pm »
Well, usually when using 24h clock 0300 means 3am that dat so it would be 3am at 30th of October. But whether he is talking about local time or UTC i can't say...

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« Reply #1707 on: 11/06/2017 02:28 pm »
This article https://news.usni.org/2017/11/03/navy-conducts-flight-test-support-conventional-prompt-strike-ohio-class-boomers?utm_content=buffer670ec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Strategic Systems Program (SSP) Director Vice Adm. Terry Benedict said on Nov. 2 that “I’m very proud to report that at 0300 on Monday night SSP flew from Hawaii [Pacific Missile Range Facility] … the first conventional prompt strike missile for the United States Navy in the form factor that would eventually, could eventually be utilized if leadership chooses to do so in an Ohio-class tube. It’s a monumental achievement.”
The admiral spoke at the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium in Arlington, Va


Now what exactly would he mean by 0300 Monday night? Possibly as a Navy person speaking to other
Navy people he would have used GMT? In which case Oct 31 0300 GMT (early Tuesday?)
Or 'monday night' meaning sunday/monday HST,  Oct 30 0300 HST = Oct 30 1300 GMT?


Per this time is Local Time not ZULU:
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Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Patrick Evans told USNI News today that “the Navy Strategic Systems Program (SSP), on behalf of the Department of Defense, conducted an Intermediate Range Conventional Prompt Strike Flight Experiment-1 (CPS FE-1) test on Oct. 30, 2017, from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #1708 on: 11/20/2017 05:48 pm »
Missile Dongfeng-41 Matures Considerably, Will Serve PLA within Months: Analysts

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China's next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) - the Dongfeng-41 - could be in the People Liberation Army's (PLA) lineup as early as the first half of 2018.

Media reports say that the Dongfeng-41 ICBM recently underwent another test, the eighth since it was first announced in 2012.

The missile must have matured considerably if it is to start serving in the PLA and, if so, official deployment could be in the first half of next year, Xu Guangyu, a senior adviser of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, said on a China Central Television (CCTV) program on Wednesday.

The Dongfeng-41 is a three-stage solid-fuel missile with a range of at least 12,000 kilometers, meaning it could strike anywhere in the world from a mainland site, Xu told the Global Times, adding that, "it can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads, each of which can target separately."

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/188540/china-says-dongfeng_41-missile-to-enter-service-in-months.html

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« Reply #1709 on: 11/29/2017 06:58 am »
On November 23, 2017 the Air and Space Defense Forces (VKS) conducted a successful test of an interceptor of the Moscow missile defense system. The test took place at the Sary-Shagan test site.
See: http://russianforces.org/blog/2017/11/successful_test_of_an_intercep.shtml



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« Reply #1710 on: 12/07/2017 03:43 am »
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« Reply #1711 on: 12/18/2017 04:10 am »
Poland's Centre of Space Technologies of Institute of Aviation launched a hybrid sounding rocket on 22 October 2017 called ILR-33 Amber (Bursztyn). It used 98% HTP, the first rocket to use that high a concentration. Altitude was 15 km with a partial propellant load. With a full load, they claim they can get 100 km.

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« Reply #1712 on: 12/26/2017 11:03 am »
http://tass.com/defense/983101
Russia tests perspective armament for Topol ICBM
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On December 26, 2017, a combat team of the Strategic Missile Force test-fired an RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from the Kapustin Yar state central combined arms training range in the Astrakhan Region,"
http://russianforces.org/blog/2017/12/launch_of_topol_from_kapustin_1.shtml
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On December 26, 2017 the Strategic Rocket Forces conducted a successful launch of a Topol/SS-25 missile from the Kapustin Yar test site. The test was used "to collect experimental data that will be used to develop advanced missile defense countermeasures."
Previous Topol launch from Kapustin Yar to Sary-Shagan took place in September 2017.
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« Reply #1713 on: 01/16/2018 06:45 am »
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #1714 on: 01/20/2018 09:40 am »
A NASA Terrier-Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket launched the Diffuse X-rays from the Local galaxy, or DXL, mission from the Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) in Alaska, on 19 January 2018. The DXL investigation aims to study the sources of X-rays that hurtle towards Earth from elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy.


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« Reply #1715 on: 01/27/2018 09:19 am »
Three Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rockets were launched from Poker Flat Research Range, AK on January 26, 2018. The purpose of the Super Soaker missions was to study the time dependent neutral chemistry and transport of water in the upper atmosphere and to determine the resultant impact on the local temperature and Polar Mesospheric Cloud (PMC) formation.

More details are provided in NASA's "Rocket Report" of Q4:

41.119, 41.120 & 41.122 CE Azeem - SuperSoaker
Three Terrier-Orion sounding rockets will be launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska in
January 2018, as part of the Transport, Chemistry, and Energetics of Water in the Mesosphere and Lower
Thermosphere and Implications for Polar Mesospheric Cloud Occurrence mission, also referred to as the
Super Soaker mission.

Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC), also called Noctilucent Clouds (NLC) are thin ice clouds that form at
atlitudes of near 85 km at high latitudes in the summer. For these clouds to form, three constituents are
needed: cold temperatures, water vapor, and particles for condensation. The sounding rocket mission
will study the dynamics of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) regions and specifically how
release of water in this region impacts local temperature and PMC formation.
The first two Super Soaker rockets, launched 30-minutes apart, will release vapor trails and measure the
background winds. The trails will be tracked optically to measure any changes to the winds and allow
observation of how the atmosphere responds dynamically to the injection of water. The third rocket,
launched 30-seonds after the second, will disperse a large payload of water in the MLT. Additionally the
evolution of temperature and any ice particles in the MLT before, during and after the water release will be
studied using a lidar. An Advanced Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (AMTM) instrument will be deployed
to image the upper mesosphere (~87 km) before, during and after the water release to provide quantitative
information on any dynamics/wave activity and changes in mesospheric temperature. The sky will be
continuously imaged throughout the experiment at a variety of visible and IR wavelengths to quantify the
formation and evolution of any mesospheric clouds formed as a result of the water release. The launch
date, January 2018, avoids the summertime PMC season and ensures clear mesospheric air before the
release.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #1716 on: 01/28/2018 05:05 am »
Supersoaker test.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #1718 on: 02/16/2018 03:45 am »
MSAC 'M'-impulse sugar motor static test

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Mount San Antonio College static test of their 4" M-impulse booster motor for the FAR 1030 competition to be held June 2, 2018, at the FAR site. Propellant was KNSB.



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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #1719 on: 02/16/2018 10:12 pm »
This Week In Missile Defense: February 16, 2018


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This Week In Missile Defense: FY 19 Budget Requests, SBIRS, U.S. & Japanese Missile Drills.



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