Presentation from the latest Sounding Rocket Working Group.
Quote from: block51 on 07/22/2014 11:06 amPresentation from the latest Sounding Rocket Working Group.Thanks. Lots of interesting information there. From page 70:"* Shark 1 launched March 11 and required 4 launchers* Shark 2 launches August 15 and 4 launchers are requested again"Anybody know what vehicles they used on these launchers? Of local interest"Official Letter of Request sent to CISRO to use the Woomera Test Range in Sept. 2016 time frame."
The one from that presentation that got my attention is 12.077T, the first Peregrine test flight. Apparently it will be carrying an experiment from "Murbach." If memory serves, he was in charge of the SOAREX series.
JAXA has just launched a S-310 sounding rocket (S-310-43 - with some heat transfer and phased flow experiments on board) from the Uchinoura Space Center at 14:00 UTC - updates to come soon..... (another one - S-520-29 targeting observations of the E-layer of the ionosphere - is planned on August 8 at 10:00 UTC)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to address one of its more frequent criticisms head on by conducting seven tests before 2024 against ICBM-class targets, the MDA’s director said Aug. 13.Navy Vice Adm. James Syring said during the Space and Missile Defense Symposium here that the target in the most recent missile defense test reached near-ICBM speeds.In the June 22 test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, a long-range target missile built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, California, was launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean and tracked by the Aegis Weapon System aboard the USS Hopper and by the Sea-Based X-band radar, according to press releases from the Defense Department and GMD prime contractor Boeing Defense, Space & Security of St. Louis. About six minutes later, a GMD interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and destroyed the target by force of impact.In one of the longest speeches of his tenure – Syring rarely grants interviews or holds media briefings – he outlined the cause of every missile defense intercept failure over the last 10 years, pointing to hurried production schedules and what he described as minor, and typical, technical problems. The GMD failed in three straight intercept tests before its June 22 success.
As it says unusual to get such a long speech on this topic from the horse's mouth so too speak.QuoteHUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to address one of its more frequent criticisms head on by conducting seven tests before 2024 against ICBM-class targets, the MDA’s director said Aug. 13.Navy Vice Adm. James Syring said during the Space and Missile Defense Symposium here that the target in the most recent missile defense test reached near-ICBM speeds.In the June 22 test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, a long-range target missile built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, California, was launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean and tracked by the Aegis Weapon System aboard the USS Hopper and by the Sea-Based X-band radar, according to press releases from the Defense Department and GMD prime contractor Boeing Defense, Space & Security of St. Louis. About six minutes later, a GMD interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and destroyed the target by force of impact.In one of the longest speeches of his tenure – Syring rarely grants interviews or holds media briefings – he outlined the cause of every missile defense intercept failure over the last 10 years, pointing to hurried production schedules and what he described as minor, and typical, technical problems. The GMD failed in three straight intercept tests before its June 22 success.http://www.spacenews.com/article/military-space/41609syring-answers-critics-in-address-to-missile-defense-conference
During a major Air Force study effort of what the new GBSD missile should be — with options ranging from a simple Minuteman 3 look-alike to a brand new design — the service settled on what it has called a “hybrid” concept. This recommendation emerging from the “analysis of alternatives” — begun last year and completed in early July — has been tentatively approved in recent meetings with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s office, Nextgov has learned.The hybrid plan for the Minuteman 3 replacement would involve using some of today’s missile features — its basic design, communications systems and existing launch silos — while replacing aging rocket motors and targeting-guidance systems.