Olaf - 26/12/2007 5:09 PMIf I´ve read all correctly, there were two launches from submarine Tula in the last days.The first was on Dec, 17 and the second on Dec, 25. The rocket was called Sinewa or RSM-54.
GW_Simulations - 26/12/2007 11:19 AMDoes anyone know the times at which either of these launches were conducted?
Satori - 27/12/2007 12:06 PMQuoteGW_Simulations - 26/12/2007 11:19 AMDoes anyone know the times at which either of these launches were conducted?I didn't managed to get the launch times.Does any of you have the complete list of all the suborbital launches of 2007? I only have listed the launches made by missiles.
Here is my list for 2007 to date.
- Ed Kyle
YEAR TO DATE MAJOR SUBORBITAL LAUNCH LOG Suborbital Launches Using Booster Hardware Also Used for Orbital Launches==================================================================================DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE* ORBIT**------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01/11/07 DF-21/KT-1? ASAT Test 0.4? XC SUB (1)02/07/07 Minuteman 3 Glory Trip 193GM VA LF10 SUB (2)03/21/07 Minotaur 2 (MM2) TLV5 SBX Target VA LF06 SUB (3)05/29/07 RS-24 (Topol-M/MIRV) ICBM Test PL SUB (4)06/28/07 R-30 (Bulava) SLBM Test WH SUB (5)08/07/07 R-29R SLBM Test PO SUB (6)08/23/07 Minotaur 2 (MM2) TLV7 MDA Test VA LF06 SUB (7)09/28/07 OBV/GBI OBV6 FT-3a MDA/GMD Intercept Test VA LF23 SUB (10/18/07 RS-12M (Topol) ICBM Test PL SUB (8.1)10/29/07 UR-100NUTTH (SS-19) ICBM Test TB Silo SUB (9)11/10/07 R-30 (Bulava) SLBM Test WH [FSO](9.1)12/08/07 RS-12M (Topol) ICBM Test KY SUB (10)12/17/07 R-29RM(RSM-54)(Sineva) SLBM Test BA SUB (11)12/25/07 R-29RM(RSM-54)(Sineva) SLBM Test BA SUB (11)12/25/07 RS-24 (Topol-M/MIRV) ICBM Test PL SUB (4)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Suborbital ASAT launch test destroyed China's FY-1C weathersat in 843 x 862km x 98.8 deg orbit. First China ASAT success after four reported failures.(2) ICBM test to Kwajalein Atoll. Missile pulled from active duty in silo at Minot AFB, ND.(3) Midcourse Defense sensor target boosted by sixth "Minotaur 2", a 3-stage Minuteman 2 ICBM re-equipped with Pegasus avionics.(4) Warheads landed on Kamchatka range. Announced to be first flights of new MIRV ICBM missile type from a mobile launcher at Plesetsk. Believed to be a MIRV Topol-M variant.(5) First Bulava success after consecutive failures. Launched from Dmitry Donsko nuclear submarine toward Kura test site on Kamchatka Peninsula.(6) R-29R SLBM test launched from submarine in Pacific Ocean to Barents Sea range (one report said to Kanin Peninsula, another said to Novaya Zemlya island). Launched from K-211 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.(7) Minotaur 2 (Modified Minuteman 2) launched to serve as sensor target for NFIRE satellite. $25 million Missile Defense Agency test.( Intercepted Polaris/Stars target missile launched from Kodiak, Alaska.(8.1) Test launch from Plestesk mobile launcher to Kura Test Range, Kamchatka.(9) Test launch from Baikonur silo toward Kura Test Range on Kamchatka Peninsula.(9.1) FAILED SLBM test launch. Failure during 1st stage shortly after launch.(10) Test from Kapustin Yar mobile launcher to Sary Shagan test range, Kazakhstan.(11) SLBM tests from submarine Tula in Barents Sea to Kura/Kamchatka.=================================================================================
Olaf - 28/12/2007 9:07 AMQuoteGW_Simulations - 26/12/2007 11:19 AMDoes anyone know the times at which either of these launches were conducted?According to http://russianforces.org/blog/2007/12/second_launch_of_r29rm_sineva.shtml the launch on Dec, 25 was on 10.00 UTC.
GW_Simulations - 1/1/2008 10:44 AM(...)Two BB-IX launches from White Sands are also imminent, however the exact dates for these are TBD.