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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #220 on: 11/26/2008 08:21 pm »
AP Photo of  "Kavoshgar 2" (Explorer 2) landing site

http://www.daylife.com/photo/06GS0rp9m38T9
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #221 on: 11/27/2008 03:49 pm »
Flight was reported to have lasted 40 minutes before the payload was recovered by parachute. The flight was designated "Kavoshgar-2" (some sources say "Kavosh-2").

I believe a Safir rocket was used for Kavoshgar-1 back in February. Nothing official on what was used for this one, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same.


A video of this flight (see the Iran Space thread) appears to show this launch being performed by a relatively small solid fuel rocket.  This may be the same launch that was said to have occurred near the Iran/Iraq border.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #222 on: 11/28/2008 05:50 pm »
Russia tested another Bulava today.


According to RIA Novosti, thirteen missile tests (including five orbital Dnepr launches) will be conducted next year.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081128/118590168.html

Of the eight sub-orbital launches, five will be new missiles, and three will be life-extension tests of old systems. I don't know whether this is just ground-launched missiles, or whether these figures include SLBMs.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #223 on: 12/05/2008 03:54 pm »
Didn't get even near space, but just to have a note on this... China conducts first successful test of hybrid rocket.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #224 on: 12/05/2008 04:01 pm »
Didn't get even near space, but just to have a note on this... China conducts first successful test of hybrid rocket.

Cool - I've met some of the Beihang students - they were a fun bunch (we held the first ever Beijing-based Yuri's Night). It will be interesting to see if this develops beyond a student project
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #225 on: 12/05/2008 09:50 pm »
Three sub-orbital launches were conducted today.

At 10:35:10 GMT, a VS-30/Orion was launched from Svalbard on an auroral research flight.

At 20:04 GMT, a missile (probably a Polaris/STARS) was launched from Kodiak Island. A GBI was launched from Vandenberg at 20:21, and intercepted the Polaris at 20:29.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #226 on: 12/06/2008 05:52 pm »
Three sub-orbital launches were conducted today.

At 10:35:10 GMT, a VS-30/Orion was launched from Svalbard on an auroral research flight.

At 20:04 GMT, a missile (probably a Polaris/STARS) was launched from Kodiak Island. A GBI was launched from Vandenberg at 20:21, and intercepted the Polaris at 20:29.

Press releases, and neat photos (complete with rainbow effect in launch plume), of the GBI launch.

http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/release.asp?prid=679
http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123126885

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #227 on: 12/07/2008 02:49 am »
Three sub-orbital launches were conducted today.

At 10:35:10 GMT, a VS-30/Orion was launched from Svalbard on an auroral research flight.

At 20:04 GMT, a missile (probably a Polaris/STARS) was launched from Kodiak Island. A GBI was launched from Vandenberg at 20:21, and intercepted the Polaris at 20:29.

Press releases, and neat photos (complete with rainbow effect in launch plume), of the GBI launch.

http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/release.asp?prid=679
http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123126885

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Note that the MDA press release [mda.mil] says the OBV was launched at 2023, not 2021.
But I tend to give more weight to the Vandenberg release.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #228 on: 12/08/2008 12:46 am »
Didn't get even near space, but just to have a note on this... China conducts first successful test of hybrid rocket.

Cool - I've met some of the Beihang students - they were a fun bunch (we held the first ever Beijing-based Yuri's Night). It will be interesting to see if this develops beyond a student project

Anyone know of photos for this launch/recovery?

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #229 on: 12/10/2008 03:31 pm »
Didn't get even near space, but just to have a note on this... China conducts first successful test of hybrid rocket.

Cool - I've met some of the Beihang students - they were a fun bunch (we held the first ever Beijing-based Yuri's Night). It will be interesting to see if this develops beyond a student project

Anyone know of photos for this launch/recovery?

See http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=7058.45

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #230 on: 12/11/2008 04:47 pm »
Image of the VS-30/Orion that was launched from Svalbard on December 8th.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #231 on: 12/17/2008 06:35 am »
The next test launch of a Bulava missile is scheduled on Dec 21.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081216/118881590.html

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #232 on: 12/23/2008 09:40 am »
Bulava test occurred this morning. It was destroyed by the Russian equivalent of an RSO after it went off course.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #233 on: 12/23/2008 01:29 pm »
Bulava test occurred this morning. It was destroyed by the Russian equivalent of an RSO after it went off course.

Pravda reports it was sttage 3 the malfunctioned after successful stage 1 and 2 burn, so it probably reached space. Launch was from TK-208 Dmitriy Donskoy in the White Sea.
Time was "early tuesday morning'  Dec 23.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #234 on: 12/23/2008 05:19 pm »
Bulava test occurred this morning. It was destroyed by the Russian equivalent of an RSO after it went off course.

Pravda reports it was sttage 3 the malfunctioned after successful stage 1 and 2 burn, so it probably reached space. Launch was from TK-208 Dmitriy Donskoy in the White Sea.
Time was "early tuesday morning'  Dec 23.
Some other sources suggest it failed just after 1/2 separation.

The launch time I heard was 03:00 GMT.

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #235 on: 12/23/2008 09:57 pm »
Bulava test occurred this morning. It was destroyed by the Russian equivalent of an RSO after it went off course.

Pravda reports it was sttage 3 the malfunctioned after successful stage 1 and 2 burn, so it probably reached space. Launch was from TK-208 Dmitriy Donskoy in the White Sea.
Time was "early tuesday morning'  Dec 23.
Some other sources suggest it failed just after 1/2 separation.

The launch time I heard was 03:00 GMT.

OK - I haven't seen any sources with that info.
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #236 on: 12/23/2008 10:52 pm »
Bulava test occurred this morning. It was destroyed by the Russian equivalent of an RSO after it went off course.

Pravda reports it was sttage 3 the malfunctioned after successful stage 1 and 2 burn, so it probably reached space. Launch was from TK-208 Dmitriy Donskoy in the White Sea.
Time was "early tuesday morning'  Dec 23.
Some other sources suggest it failed just after 1/2 separation.

The launch time I heard was 03:00 GMT.

OK - I haven't seen any sources with that info.


http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081223/119134332.html
"The missile left the tube, but went off course due to a malfunction after the first stage separation"

http://lenta.ru/news/2008/12/23/bulava/ (via an online translator)
"Start was made on 23 December at six o'clock in the morning Moscow time"

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #237 on: 12/24/2008 04:14 am »
Bulava test occurred this morning. It was destroyed by the Russian equivalent of an RSO after it went off course.

Pravda reports it was sttage 3 the malfunctioned after successful stage 1 and 2 burn, so it probably reached space. Launch was from TK-208 Dmitriy Donskoy in the White Sea.
Time was "early tuesday morning'  Dec 23.
Some other sources suggest it failed just after 1/2 separation.

The launch time I heard was 03:00 GMT.

OK - I haven't seen any sources with that info.


http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081223/119134332.html
"The missile left the tube, but went off course due to a malfunction after the first stage separation"

http://lenta.ru/news/2008/12/23/bulava/ (via an online translator)
"Start was made on 23 December at six o'clock in the morning Moscow time"

Thanks,  I had missed these. The lenta story repeats the third stage reference. The RIAN story says "after first stage", could be a long time after...
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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #238 on: 01/09/2009 02:06 pm »
ATK's ALV X-1 failure caused by a "simple software error", according to the following report.

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/Hyper010809.xml&headline=Software%20Faulted%20In%20Failed%20Hypersonic%20Test&channel=space

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Re: The suborbital thread!
« Reply #239 on: 01/11/2009 11:39 am »
An Orion was launched from Poker Flat this morning. Still waiting to hear the apogee (sometimes Orions make it into space, sometimes they don't)...

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