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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2000 on: 05/16/2021 11:38 pm »
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2001 on: 05/17/2021 12:36 am »
Direct Link to NASA Wallops:

Window closes at 8:54 p.m. Last night to launch

https://ustream.tv/channel/13567824
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2002 on: 05/17/2021 12:37 am »
Direct Link to NASA Wallops:

Window closes at 8:54 p.m. Last night to launch

https://ustream.tv/channel/13567824
They're targeting 00:44 UTC 8:44 pm EDT. They can hold at T-3minutes if required.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2003 on: 05/17/2021 12:49 am »
Direct Link to NASA Wallops:

Window closes at 8:54 p.m. Last night to launch

https://ustream.tv/channel/13567824
Launched at 8:44 pm EDT.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2004 on: 05/17/2021 12:58 am »
Direct Link to NASA Wallops:

Window closes at 8:54 p.m. Last night to launch

https://ustream.tv/channel/13567824
Launched at 8:44 pm EDT.

Launch Replay Clip:
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2005 on: 05/17/2021 01:16 am »

Replay from T-10 to payload separation.
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6 Suborbital spaceflight payloads. 14.55 minutes of in-space time.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2006 on: 05/17/2021 02:12 am »
KiNET-X Black Brant XII Launch (May 16, 2021) ,various from others


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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2008 on: 05/18/2021 08:32 am »
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
« Last Edit: 05/18/2021 08:33 am by Fmedici »

Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2009 on: 05/19/2021 12:13 am »
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

We have launch!
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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.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2010 on: 05/19/2021 09:18 pm »
Mapheus 11 mission scheduled for launch tomorrow from Esrange:

https://sscspace.com/blog/2021/05/04/mapheus-11/

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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.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2011 on: 05/21/2021 07:36 am »
Mapheus 11 mission scheduled for launch tomorrow from Esrange:

https://sscspace.com/blog/2021/05/04/mapheus-11/

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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.

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.


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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2012 on: 05/21/2021 10:22 am »
Mapheus 11 mission scheduled for launch tomorrow from Esrange:

https://sscspace.com/blog/2021/05/04/mapheus-11/

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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.

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

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2013 on: 05/23/2021 05:32 pm »
Mapheus 11 mission scheduled for launch tomorrow from Esrange:

https://sscspace.com/blog/2021/05/04/mapheus-11/

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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.

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

According to the webcast the new launch time is today's 00:00 UTC (or tomorrow's? Anyway, more or less 6 and a half hours from now).

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2014 on: 05/24/2021 05:43 am »
MAPHEUS-11 T-0 was 07:35LT and 144:05:35:xx.xxxUTC.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2015 on: 05/24/2021 06:42 am »
MAPHEUS-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 that

EDIT: 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.
« Last Edit: 05/24/2021 06:51 am by Fmedici »

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2016 on: 05/24/2021 08:57 am »
MAPHEUS-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 that

EDIT: 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.

The IM-IM configuration is confirmed on SSC's MAPHEUS-11 page:

https://sscspace.com/blog/2021/05/04/mapheus-11/

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2017 on: 05/24/2021 01:05 pm »
Summary of the Mapheus-11 launch

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2018 on: 05/26/2021 04:56 am »
Some pics of the MAPHEUS-11 mission:

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2019 on: 05/26/2021 07:28 am »
Let's move to the next one: a Terrier-Improved Malemute carrying the VIPER mission is scheduled for launch tonight from Wallops Island, with the launch window opening at 9:15 pm UTC.

More info: https://www.nasa.gov/wallops/2021/feature/nasa-rocket-mission-studying-escaping-radio-waves
Live stream: https://video.ibm.com/channel/nasa-tv-wallops (Starting at 8:55 pm UTC)

PS: would it be a good idea to have a dedicated thread for each one of the main suborbital ranges (Wallops/White Sands/Esrange)?
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