Do you think Starship without Super Heavy could be a suborbital rocket similar to sounding rockets?
NASA & Magellan Aerospace will be launching the Black Brant XII Sounding Rocket for their 5th attempt from NASA Wallops Island launch facility to conduct KiNETic-scale energy and momentum transport eXperiment which could lead to the creation of artificial Auroras.A mission to explore energy transport in space using a NASA suborbital sounding rocket launching May 12, 2021, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia may provide a brief light show for residents of the eastern United States and Bermuda. The first, 2nd, 3rd and the 4th attempt was scrubbed due to upper-level winds, not in the required range , hence now they are aiming for Wednesday May 12 for the Black Brant XII Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops facility.The mission is scheduled for no earlier than 8:06 p.m. EDT with a 40-minute launch window, Wednesday, May 12. Backup launch days run through May 16. The launch may be visible, weather permitting, in much of the eastern United States from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River.A four-stage Black Brant XII rocket will be used for the mission that includes the release of barium vapor that will form two green-violet clouds that may be visible for about 30 seconds. The barium vapor is not harmful to the environment or public health. The first and second stage are the Mk 11 Mod 5 Talos rocket motor and the Terrier motor. The third stage is a modified Black Brant VC motor. The Black Brant nozzle is extended for exoatmospheric use and the tailcan has been changed to enclose the nozzle. The aft end of the tailcan has a restraining device to keep the Taurus and Black Brant connected while coasting.A mission to explore energy transport in space using a NASA suborbital sounding rocket launch is scheduled to be conducted the evening of May 12 from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia.The mission, called the KiNETic-scale energy and momentum transport eXperiment, or KiNet-X, is designed to study a very fundamental problem in space plasmas, namely, how are energy and momentum transported between different regions of space that are magnetically connected? This is a very simple experiment with known input parameters that will allow us to quantify the flow of energy to the electrons. It is possible the KiNET-X payload will generate auroral emissions on a very small scale, but that is an unknown aspect of this experiment. In-situ instruments will, however, measure the energized electrons directlyThe launch of the Black Brant XII sounding rocket carrying the KiNET-X payload was postponed to no earlier than 8:06 p.m., Tuesday, May 12. The Wallops launch was postponed due to upper-level winds not being within the required limits for a safe launch. The launch window for Tuesday runs until 8:46 p.m.
Direct Link to NASA Wallops:Window closes at 8:54 p.m. Last night to launchhttps://ustream.tv/channel/13567824
Quote from: catdlr on 05/17/2021 12:36 amDirect Link to NASA Wallops:Window closes at 8:54 p.m. Last night to launchhttps://ustream.tv/channel/13567824Launched at 8:44 pm EDT.
Another Black Brant IX, this time carrying the EUNIS mission, is scheduled for launch today from White Sands according to NASA's schedule.More details about the mission here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-rocket-chasing-the-source-of-the-sun-s-hot-atmosphere
The Extreme Ultraviolet Normal Incidence Spectrograph (EUNIS) mission was successfully launched at 11:30 a.m. MDT on May 18 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The NASA black Brant IX sounding rocket carried the payload to an apogee of 208.4 miles (335.4 kilometers) before descending by parachute. The payload has been located and will be retrieved. Preliminary indications show that vehicle systems performed as planned and data was received.
The name of the MAPHEUS research rocket stands for “Materialphysikalische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit” (material physics experiments at zero gravity). Every year the German Aerospace Center (DLR) launches a MAPHEUS research rocket with a payload developed and supervised by the Institute of Materials Physics in Space (MP). The Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) of Space Operations and Astronaut Training (RB) provides the payload support systems and launch service of the sounding rocket which reaches an altitude of up to 268 km and thus facilitates more than 6.5 minutes of microgravity, before it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere.The MAPHEUS 11 rocket in May 2021 consists of a two stage vehicle configuration that carries the nearly 250 kg scientific payload to an altitude of 216 km, providing more than 5 minutes of microgravity for the three experiments onboard.
Mapheus 11 mission scheduled for launch tomorrow from Esrange:https://sscspace.com/blog/2021/05/04/mapheus-11/QuoteThe name of the MAPHEUS research rocket stands for “Materialphysikalische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit” (material physics experiments at zero gravity). Every year the German Aerospace Center (DLR) launches a MAPHEUS research rocket with a payload developed and supervised by the Institute of Materials Physics in Space (MP). The Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) of Space Operations and Astronaut Training (RB) provides the payload support systems and launch service of the sounding rocket which reaches an altitude of up to 268 km and thus facilitates more than 6.5 minutes of microgravity, before it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere.The MAPHEUS 11 rocket in May 2021 consists of a two stage vehicle configuration that carries the nearly 250 kg scientific payload to an altitude of 216 km, providing more than 5 minutes of microgravity for the three experiments onboard.
Quote from: Fmedici on 05/19/2021 09:18 pmMapheus 11 mission scheduled for launch tomorrow from Esrange:https://sscspace.com/blog/2021/05/04/mapheus-11/QuoteThe name of the MAPHEUS research rocket stands for “Materialphysikalische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit” (material physics experiments at zero gravity). Every year the German Aerospace Center (DLR) launches a MAPHEUS research rocket with a payload developed and supervised by the Institute of Materials Physics in Space (MP). The Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) of Space Operations and Astronaut Training (RB) provides the payload support systems and launch service of the sounding rocket which reaches an altitude of up to 268 km and thus facilitates more than 6.5 minutes of microgravity, before it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere.The MAPHEUS 11 rocket in May 2021 consists of a two stage vehicle configuration that carries the nearly 250 kg scientific payload to an altitude of 216 km, providing more than 5 minutes of microgravity for the three experiments onboard. There's a live feed hat has been running for 7 hours but the launch seems scrubbed. No live commentary as much as no news on Swedish Space Corporation or DLR Twitter profiles.
Quote from: Fmedici on 05/21/2021 07:36 amQuote from: Fmedici on 05/19/2021 09:18 pmMapheus 11 mission scheduled for launch tomorrow from Esrange:https://sscspace.com/blog/2021/05/04/mapheus-11/QuoteThe name of the MAPHEUS research rocket stands for “Materialphysikalische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit” (material physics experiments at zero gravity). Every year the German Aerospace Center (DLR) launches a MAPHEUS research rocket with a payload developed and supervised by the Institute of Materials Physics in Space (MP). The Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) of Space Operations and Astronaut Training (RB) provides the payload support systems and launch service of the sounding rocket which reaches an altitude of up to 268 km and thus facilitates more than 6.5 minutes of microgravity, before it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere.The MAPHEUS 11 rocket in May 2021 consists of a two stage vehicle configuration that carries the nearly 250 kg scientific payload to an altitude of 216 km, providing more than 5 minutes of microgravity for the three experiments onboard. There's a live feed hat has been running for 7 hours but the launch seems scrubbed. No live commentary as much as no news on Swedish Space Corporation or DLR Twitter profiles.Stream still ongoing, now the graphics says "No launch attempt Saturday" so I guess it's a NET Sunday
MAPHEUS-11 T-0 was 07:35LT and 144:05:35:xx.xxxUTC.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 05/24/2021 05:43 amMAPHEUS-11 T-0 was 07:35LT and 144:05:35:xx.xxxUTC.I'm not sure about the rocket they used, on Wikipedia it says Terrier-Improved Malemute but I couldn't find any other reference about thatEDIT: Someone has updated the Wikipedia page and now it says that it was an Improved Malemute-Improved Malemute configuration, but still no reference about that.
