UP Aerospace just had a successful suborbital launch a few days ago.
NASA 41.095UO Terrier Orion launched to 119 km from Wallops on Jun 13 at 1017 UTC.Carried RockOn educational experiments.
This is the second prototype on the Gradicom project. The first was the single stage PCX Gradicom successfully launched in December 2009 from Serrezuela, Cordoba province. The Gradicom II is a dual stage sounding rocket designed and built by the Ministry of Defense research lab CITEDEF (Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa). Its weight on launch pad was 933kg and its total length 7.686m.This prototype objective was to reach 120 seconds in space to test systems and subsystems for general rocketry (both civil and military) and demonstrate it solid engines for sounding rockets, missiles and long range artillery. This project didn't had vector nozzles or sophisticated guidance systems.It reached close to 100km of apogee and 120 of downrange.
Argentinian Ministry of Defense Press Release [Spanish]Highlights:QuoteThis is the second prototype on the Gradicom project. The first was the single stage PCX Gradicom successfully launched in December 2009 from Serrezuela, Cordoba province. The Gradicom II is a dual stage sounding rocket designed and built by the Ministry of Defense research lab CITEDEF (Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa). Its weight on launch pad was 933kg and its total length 7.686m.This prototype objective was to reach 120 seconds in space to test systems and subsystems for general rocketry (both civil and military) and demonstrate it solid engines for sounding rockets, missiles and long range artillery. This project didn't had vector nozzles or sophisticated guidance systems.It reached close to 100km of apogee and 120 of downrange.Video of the Launch:http://www.youtube.com/embed/nmlr_8GpTRU