The suborbital thread!

[Satori]

TianYing-3

[Lewis007]

A video of the TianYing-3C - Meridian launch can be seen on this site: http://newscontent.cctv.com/news.jsp?fileId=110250

[Lewis007]

On May 20, 2011, the K-84 Ekaterinburg submarine of the Project 667BDRM class successfully launched a R-29RM Sineva missile. The launch was performed from a submerged submarine deployed in Barents Sea. The Navy reported that all warheads reached their intended targets at the Kura test site in Kamchatka.

The previous Sineva launch took place less than a month ago, in April 2011, from the same submarine.

A report about a Sineva launch appeared in online publication Navy.ru on May 18, 2011. It appears that that report described the launch that actually took place on May 20th. The early release of the information may suggest that the launch was originally scheduled for May 17th, but then was postponed.

Source: http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/05/another_sineva_launch_from_eka.shtml

[Moe Grills]

   UP Aerospace just had a successful suborbital launch
a few days ago.

[Lewis007]

   UP Aerospace just had a successful suborbital launch
a few days ago.

More info here: http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/goddardFlight.asp

[Satori]

From Xinhua, India "successfully" testfires nuclear-capable Prithvi II missile.

[jcm]

The SubTEC IV rocket, NASA 41.096GT, was launched from Wallops Island on Jun 10.
It carried a new high data rate X-band telemetry system and the 0.4-meter
SMART microsatellite bus.

Apogee was 188 km according to the Wallops Twitter feed. My impression is that SMART separated from the main payload; it is a GSFC/USAF-ORS payload 0.4m in size, but I haven't been able to find the mass.

[Lewis007]

Interesting fact: the Terrier Improved Orion sounding rocket launched on June 10 with the Subtec-IV payload had been scheduled for a June 9 launch. On that day, however, the rocket failed to ignite because of a short circuit in the ground electrical support system.

A video of the launch is on YouTube
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z9rnb4iPrE0&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Z9rnb4iPrE0&rel=1</a>

[jcm]

According to Aviation Week  (June 13, p 25) Iran launched Sejjil and Shahab-3 missiles in February 2011. These launches had not previously been reported.

[jcm]

NASA 41.095UO Terrier Orion launched to 119 km from Wallops on Jun 13 at 1017 UTC.
Carried RockOn educational experiments.

[Lewis007]

NASA 41.095UO Terrier Orion launched to 119 km from Wallops on Jun 13 at 1017 UTC.
Carried RockOn educational experiments.

Here's a launch picture.
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/release-11-16.html

[Lewis007]

A video of the Terrier-improved Orion launch (RockOn mission). The launch took place on June 23 (typo in the thread above).

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCyarTzM4EU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/SCyarTzM4EU&rel=1</a>

[Satori]

From Xinhua, Iran test fires 14 missiles.

[anik]

Bulava missile was successfully launched yesterday at 11:55 UTC from Yuriy Dolgorukiy submarine in White Sea.

[edkyle99]

We missed a Minuteman III launch on this thread!

June 22 from Vandenberg AFB LF10 to Kwajalein. 
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=34.8531503&lon=-120.5959797&z=15&l=0&m=b

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/06/ap-air-force-vandenberg-glitch-affects-minuteman-iii-launch-062211/

Another Minuteman III is planned for July 27.

 - Ed Kyle