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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2320 on: 04/19/2024 07:24 pm »
More info on FOXSI-4, see:
https://foxsi.umn.edu/launches/foxsi-4

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2321 on: 05/17/2024 04:51 pm »
Introducing the L3H/Kratos D&DS joint venture's in development 21st Century next generation additively manufactured/fully automated Zeus Sounding Rocket Family, which is intended to replace all of L3H/Kratos's legacy SRM motor and rocket family offerings upon existing inventory depletion:

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Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, successfully hot-fired the second of two high-performance large solid rocket motors at its Camden, Arkansas site. The Zeus 2 solid rocket motor was developed commercially with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to support hypersonic, ballistic missile defense, suborbital and other testing requirements.
https://www.l3harris.com/newsroom/editorial/2024/04/aerojet-rocketdyne-and-kratos-successfully-hot-fire-zeus-2-advanced

https://x.com/L3HarrisTech/status/1790774385722192333

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2322 on: 05/26/2024 04:28 pm »
https://satobs.org/seesat/May-2024/0144.html
Apparent Russian launch upcoming with a Barents Sea NOTAM effective 31 May through 2 June, 05:00 to 19:00 daily.

It's a long window, so likely a suborbital missile test?
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2323 on: 06/01/2024 08:21 pm »
NASA SUNRISE HCD #2

Swedish Space Corporation

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2324 on: 06/02/2024 03:59 am »
NASA SUNRISE HCD #2

Swedish Space Corporation

Launch attempt was cancelled at T-3 hours and 15 minutes and holding.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2325 on: 06/27/2024 06:13 pm »
Cross-post:
https://www.afr.com/technology/what-if-a-cruise-ship-got-in-the-way-rocket-wrapped-in-red-tape-20240625-p5joge
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‘What if a cruise ship got in the way?’ Rocket wrapped in red tape

Gilmour Space Technologies, a Gold Coast start-up that designs and builds rockets to carry satellites into orbit, had planned to test-launch its first rocket [Eris] in early April.  But the launch has been bogged down in regulatory paperwork, and might not take place for another six or eight weeks, said CEO and co-founder Adam Gilmour.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2326 on: 07/01/2024 06:53 pm »
If succesful, probably the first suborbital launch from Andøya this year.

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An initial low-altitude test of the ILR-33 AMBER 2K rocket was completed from the Air Force Training Centre in Ustka, Poland, in October 2022. In July, the institute aims to attempt the rocket’s first space shot. The flight will be launched from Andøya Space Centre in Norway.

https://europeanspaceflight.com/poland-to-launch-key-suborbital-rocket-test-flight-from-norway/

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2327 on: 07/02/2024 02:26 pm »
Andoya space posted an article about the imminent ILR-33 AMBER 2K launch.
I think it's a nice development. But question how this competes with the T-minus engineering Barracuda.
The ILR-33 Amber 2K has less harmful exhaust products and likely exerts less loads on the payload. But it's a more complicated system, this likely more expansive.   

I think the real advantages of hybrid rockets become apparent on guided suborbital rockets. Where DLR MoRaBa used the Castor IVb for, the VS-40 and the in development VS-50. I think HyImpulse SR75, could become a guided suborbital rocket. Next year a third HTP hybrid motor developed by DLR will launch from Esrange, Alduina.
Hopefully Nammo also succeeds with the development of UM-2.

(3Juli 17h CEST) Edit to add: The danger area warning on the ASC website stated that the campaign is over.
Edit Juli 4th:
The Polish Lukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation will host a press meeting Juli 5th at 1PM (13:00 CEMT) where they will present the results of the ILR-33 AMBER 2K launch.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2328 on: 08/13/2024 01:50 pm »


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A sounding rocket carrying nine student experiments to suborbital space was launched from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Aug. 13, 2024.

Credit: NASA Wallops
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2329 on: 08/16/2024 04:54 am »
46.042 WO KOEHLER/NASA WFF
August 13, 2024
RockSat-X

46.042 WO Terrier-Improved Malemutet sounding rocket was launched from Wallops Island, VA on August 13, 2024. The primary objective of RockSat-X is to offer undergraduate student teams the opportunity to design and build unique experiments that will fly onboard a rocket borne carrier that provides full exposure to the space environment. This opens the range of investigations that can be conducted and is a logical step forward towards fostering the development of future space scientists and engineers.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2330 on: 08/28/2024 06:15 am »
https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2024/08/20240823-1_j.html

August 23, 2024 (Reiwa 6)
Timing of the S-520-34 sounding rocket test
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been studying the launch timing of the sounding rocket S-520-34 for the purpose of the "Liquid Propellant Rotational Detonation Engine System Flight Demonstration Experiment". As a result, the current weather forecast does not indicate that the weather will be suitable for the launch of sounding rockets for some time, and that sounding rockets have something in common with the H-IIA rocket and the facilities used for launches, and that it is necessary to prepare for the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 49, which is scheduled to be launched on September 11 this year. We have decided to suspend the launch of the sounding rocket test.

The new launch date will be announced as soon as it is decided, after the launch of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 49, which will be reviewed again based on the situation and other factors.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2331 on: 09/26/2024 10:41 pm »
https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp

JAKE ROCKET LAUNCH, WALLOPS ISLAND,VA
PRIMARY: 9/28/24      1745Z-2230Z
BACKUP:   9/29/24      1745Z-2230Z
                   9/30/24      1745Z-2230Z

EFFECTIVE TIME: 262140 - 262359

What is Jake?
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2332 on: 09/27/2024 06:05 am »
Google gave me this on Jake rocket launch.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2333 on: 09/28/2024 08:55 pm »
Re: Jake

NASA Wallops
NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch
Jeremy Eggers, Wallops Chief, Sep 25, 2024
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Update Sept. 28, 2024: The mission launched on Sept. 28 at 2:00 p.m. EDT [18:00 UTC] and is complete.

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to support the launch of a suborbital sounding rocket for the Department of Defense during a launch window that runs 1:45 to 6:30 p.m. EDT each day from Sept. 26 to 30.

No real-time launch status updates will be available and the launch will not be livestreamed.

The rocket launch may be visible from the Chesapeake Bay region.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2334 on: 10/10/2024 06:04 am »
Up Aerospace flight from Spaceport America. First since the previous failure.

https://www.spaceportamerica.com/up-aerospace-conducts-latest-research-mission/
AE/ME
6 Suborbital spaceflight payloads. 14.55 minutes of in-space time.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2335 on: 10/11/2024 04:38 am »
Photo of the launch from https://www.upaerospace.com/

October 1, 2024 - UP Aerospace successfully launched SpaceLoft 15 at 7:09 am local time from Spaceport America
(Denver, Colorado) - The SpaceLoft vehicle carried a variety of payloads for NASA's Flight Opportunity Program which provided opportunities for the European Space Agency (ESA), the Italian Space Agency (AIS), and their contractors VisionSpace and Qascom to send three multi-Global Navigation Satellite Systems into space. This was the 14th sub-orbital launch that UP Aerospace has conducted for NASA from Spaceport America since 2007. Trevor Morgan, President of UP Aerospace stated, "Because UP Aerospace has been proven as a responsive and reliable active launch provider, NASA has trusted us with their high profile and highly important payloads. With each launch our capability as well as reliability has been demonstrated. UP Aerospace has shown that we are able to exponentially increase our capacity to launch and meet the increasing customer demand."
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #2336 on: 10/25/2024 03:51 pm »
NASA VortEx-2 is scheduled for a daily window opening on 27 October 2024 and closing on 17 November 2025:

In Norwegian with European English towards the bottom:
Farevarsel | Danger area 27. okt–17. nov
Published:

October 23, 2024
https://andoyaspace.no/info-messages/farevarsel-danger-area-sub-orbital-launch/

Rocket launch from Oksebåsen, “VortEx-2”
Andøya Space will conduct launches of two scientific rockets from Oksebåsen, Andøya, scheduled between October 27th and November 17th. Two danger areas will be established northwest of Andøya, defined as “VortEx INNER” and “VortEx OUTER” above. A total of two rockets will be launched with a 2-minute interval.

Local traffic may contact Andøya Space Range Control on maritime Channel 14 or 16 during activity hours within radio range from Oksebåsen for status updates. Traffic outside radio range may request status updates via NOR-VTS or by telephone +47 76 14 44 26 (Andøya Space Range Safety Officer). Range Control will be manned 3 hours prior to scheduled Danger Area activation. Outside of opening hours, inquiries can be sent to [email protected].

It will also be necessary to close the county road 7702 between Bleikskrysset and the cemetery at Bleik for limited period during the launch. Emergency vehicles will be able to pass by agreement with the road guards.

Light phenomena may occur
Some light phenomena in the sky are expected during the launches if weather conditions are favorable. For inquiries, you can contact the press contact for “VortEx-2” at Andøya Space, Thomas Gansmoe, at +47 97 79 50 75.

Read more about the VortEx campaign here: https://andoyaspace.no/news-articles/nasa-vortex-2-ready-for-launch-campaign/

SMS service
SMS service is available for daily updates (only in Norwegian):
For areas at sea:
Send text «ANDOYASPACE SJO START» to 27222 to subscribe.
Send text «ANDOYASPACE SJO STOPP» to 27222 to unsubscribe.

For road closure:
Send text «ANDOYASPACE VEI START» to 27222 to subscribe.
Send text «ANDOYASPACE VEI STOPP» to 27222 to unsubscribe.

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