Quote from: leovinus on 11/08/2020 02:56 amJust wondering but could that closure be related to the Hayabusa2 return on Dec 6th which should come down close to Woomera?Yes, that must be it.https://www.industry.gov.au/news-media/hayabusa2-re-entry-capsule-to-land-in-south-australia"The sample return capsule will land in Australia’s Woomera Prohibited Area on 6 December 2020."The notice in today's paper made it sound like a big military test.
Just wondering but could that closure be related to the Hayabusa2 return on Dec 6th which should come down close to Woomera?
Quote from: Lewis007 on 11/21/2020 06:46 amFull article: https://www.mda.mil/news/20news0003.htmlNote: I have to use the Tor browser to access the site, it does not work in three other browsers I use (Basilisk, Chrome and Brave). It has to do with a certificate issue; this matter has been playing for a couple of years now.Try using Firefox or Seamonkey, which allows you to accept expired and invalid security certificates. As long as you're not buying anything from from mda.mil, its no problem to do this. Using Chrome is more of a security risk anyway!https://www.cnet.com/how-to/google-chrome-privacy-isnt-best-these-browser-extensions-will-help/
Full article: https://www.mda.mil/news/20news0003.htmlNote: I have to use the Tor browser to access the site, it does not work in three other browsers I use (Basilisk, Chrome and Brave). It has to do with a certificate issue; this matter has been playing for a couple of years now.
A three-stage suborbital sounding rocket is scheduled for launch the afternoon of March 3, 2021, for the Department of Defense from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.The launch will study ionization in space just beyond the reaches of Earth’s atmosphere.After flying to an altitude of several hundred miles and about 500 miles off-shore, the rocket’s payload will release a small quantity of vapor – an amount equivalent to about two BBQ grill propane tanks - into the near-vacuum of space. There is no danger to public health or the Earth’s environment from the vapor release.After the vapor release, colorful clouds may be visible over the ocean to residents in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States as the Sun illuminates the vapor before it diffuses harmlessly into space. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be shown live on the Internet nor will launch status updates be provided during the countdown on social media. The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will not be open for viewing the launch.
A three-stage suborbital sounding rocket was launched in the afternoon on March 3, 2021, for the Department of Defense from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.The launch was to study ionization in space just beyond the reaches of Earth’s atmosphere.After flying to an altitude of several hundred miles and about 500 miles off-shore, the rocket’s payload released a small quantity of vapor into the near-vacuum of space. There is no danger to public health or the Earth’s environment from the vapor release.
It was launched. Do we have an idea of what the rocket was?https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/three-stage-rocket-launches-from-nasa-s-wallops-flight-facilityQuoteA three-stage suborbital sounding rocket was launched in the afternoon on March 3, 2021, for the Department of Defense from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.The launch was to study ionization in space just beyond the reaches of Earth’s atmosphere.After flying to an altitude of several hundred miles and about 500 miles off-shore, the rocket’s payload released a small quantity of vapor into the near-vacuum of space. There is no danger to public health or the Earth’s environment from the vapor release.
Congrats to the government and industry team on the successful launch for @AFResearchLab , the 1st @SpaceForceDoD small launch mission of 2021! The launch vehicle for this mission was Space Vector’s Terrier-Terrier-Oriole (TTO) Sounding Rocket!
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --The U.S. Space Force and the Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Enterprise successfully launched an experimental research payload for the Air Force Research Laboratory March 3, 2021, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.The payload was aboard a Terrier-Terrier-Oriole Sounding Rocket and the successful mission was full of many firsts for SMC’s Small Launch and Targets Division. This was the first USSF small launch mission for 2021, the first AFRL dedicated partnership launch from WFF, the first sounding rocket launch under the Sounding Rocket Program-4 contract, and the first USSF sounding rocket launch with Space Vector Corporation. The TTO vehicle was built by Space Vector, a small business, and Kratos Space and Missile Defense who were responsible for the integration, interface and mission planning for the launch. “This mission is a great example of the innovation in SMC contracting and using Small Launch contracts to expand our capability and provide support in launching experimental missions,” stated Lt. Col. Ryan Rose, chief of the Launch Enterprise’s Small Launch and Targets Division and Mission Director for today’s launch. “Congratulations to the entire government and industry team on successfully executing this important mission, and launching in only 16 months from contract award during the challenging conditions presented this past year.”The USSF's SMC, located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., is the center of excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems. SMC’s portfolio includes space launch, global positioning systems, military satellite communications, a defense meteorological satellite control network, range systems, space-based infrared systems, and space domain awareness capabilities.
Images of the RH-560 launch. The labal on the rocket seems to say RH560 MkIII F02.
When did the first flight take place? On Wikipedia it was credited as the maiden flight of the Mk.III version
The Spatial Heterodyne Interferometric Emission Line Dynamics Spectrometer (SHIELDS) mission was successfully launched at 4:30 a.m. EDT April 19 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The NASA black Brant IX sounding rocket carried the payload to an apogee of 177 miles before descending by parachute and landing at White Sands. Preliminary indications show that vehicle systems performed as planned and data was received.
Personal curiosity: what does the alphanumeric code associated to this kind of launches (e.g. 36.324 US in this case) refer to? Serial of the rocket, payload or launch per se?
