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#1380 by russianhalo117 on 28 Apr, 2015 20:33
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I guess this should also go here even though these tests will not be leaving the launcher:
LINK:http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/come-and-see-us-test-rocket-engines/
Come and see us test rocket engines
23/04/2015
On Saturday May 2nd we’ll testfire several rocket engines between 12.00 and 16.00.
The plan is to test the first engine at approx. 13:00 after that two or three engines more with about one hour in between.
We invite you to watch the test live at our facility. You can buy tickets here.
If you’re a Copenhagen Suborbitals Supporter you have free access. Please register here by choosing the “CS Supporter” ticket. It’s still free but it helps us to know how many will attend the test.
If you’re not a supporter yet then you can register here.
Members of the press are welcome as always. Please contact [email protected] for further information.
It will be possible to buy coffee, soft drinks and snacks. At this event we cannot offer any kind of hot meals. Therefore we encourage you to bring your own.
We will provide a live and commented broadcast of the preparations and the tests on Youtube.
Youtube link on the way
As you may be aware, all activities related to rocketscience is prone to be hit by scrubs and delays. Lots of things and events has to occur timely to be able to ignite a rocketengine, be it static tests like these, or a real launch. Delays and scrubs may thus happen, and will be published here on the webiste and our social media channels.
We will keep updating this post with information about the tests and testday – so stay tuned.
Video from our first BPM-2 test:
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#1381 by Lewis007 on 29 Apr, 2015 06:49
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Anyone know if UP Aerospace is dead or not? Haven't read anything on them in a while...
Last I saw was their NASA Flight Opportunities Program flight in October, 2014.
Some news about that flight: space beer !
see: http://www.space.com/29238-space-beer-ninkasi-brewing-company.html
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#1382 by Satori on 01 May, 2015 15:20
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TEXUS-51 was launched at 0735UTC, April 23, using the Brazilian VSB-30 (V18) from Esrange. Apogee of 261 km.
TEXUS-52 was launched at 0455UTC, April 27, usinga the VSB-30 (V21) from Esrange. Apogee of 255 km.
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#1383 by catdlr on 07 May, 2015 22:20
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Second test of BPM2
Published on May 7, 2015
In this video we go a bit behind the technical stuff to show the people of Copenhagen Suborbitals working hard to make the test happen - on this day we tested 9 times with 8 different test engines.
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#1384 by catdlr on 08 May, 2015 13:43
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LIFT-OFF! NZ Super Pressure Balloon launch
Published on Mar 27, 2015
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
Liftoff! NASA balloon to fly around the globe, validate technology
WANAKA, New Zealand – A NASA super pressure balloon launched at 10:12 a.m. March 27 (5:12 p.m. EDT March 26) from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on a journey that will significantly expand the envelope for conducting near-space scientific investigations.
Flight managers seek to break the current SPB flight duration record of 54 days while maintaining a constant float altitude. NASA expects the SPB to circumnavigate the globe once every one to three weeks, depending on wind speeds in the stratosphere.
Maintaining a constant float altitude in the stratosphere is a formidable challenge for airborne systems, including balloons. Most standard heavy-lift zero pressure balloons can vary in altitudes as great as 45,000 feet (13.7 km) due to the alternating warming and cooling of the day and night cycle. In response, mission operators typically release excess weight in the form of ballast to maintain altitude. However, the SPB is designed to maintain a positive internal pressure and shape irrespective of its environment, which keeps the balloon at a constant float altitude. Put another way, in much the same way a car tire pressure changes based on the environment around it while maintaining its volume, so does the SPB.
The science and engineering communities have previously identified long-duration balloon flights at constant altitudes as playing an important role in providing inexpensive access to the near-space environment for science and technology. The SPB can carry a payload weighing several tons to an altitude above 99.5 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Orbital ATK supported NASA’s scientific balloon launch through program management, mission planning, engineering services and field operations. The program is executed from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, Texas. The Columbia team has launched more than 1,700 scientific balloons in over 35 years of operation. The launch marks the first achievement for Orbital ATK in scientific balloon operations since NASA awarded the contract to the company in November 2014.
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia manages the agency’s scientific balloon program with 10 to 15 flights each year from launch sites worldwide.
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#1385 by Lewis007 on 16 May, 2015 07:03
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36.292 UH Terrier-Black Brant was launched from White Sands Missile Range, NM on May 2, 2015. The OGRESS instruments provided high spectral resolving power for large diffuse X-ray sources. The science target was the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant which is one of the brightest and largest soft X-ray emitters in the sky. The observation provided global plasma conditions from this object which are typified by interactions between the supernova blast wave and a precursor formed cavity wall. The payload also contains a critical NASA X-ray technology ― off-plane reflection grating arrays. Combined with parallel technology development efforts, this mission will provide a flight proving platform for future X-ray missions. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Randall McEntaffer/University of Iowa.
source: http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story175.html
pics can be found here: http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story175.html
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#1386 by catdlr on 19 May, 2015 07:43
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.mil
MINUTEMAN III LAUNCH SCHEDULED
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - An operational test launch of an Air
Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic
missile is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, 2015, between 3:36 a.m. and 9:36
a.m. from north Vandenberg Air Force Base.
The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the
effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system, according to Air
Force Global Strike Command.
Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, is the Launch Decision
Authority.
"The launch process requires tremendous teamwork and involves months of
preparation," said Balts. "The data gained from these launches allows us to
maintain a high readiness capability and ensures operational effectiveness
of the most powerful weapons in the nation's arsenal."
The launch team, under the direction of the 576th Flight Test Squadron,
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#1387 by catdlr on 20 May, 2015 01:10
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Air Force Getting Closer to Testing Hypersonic Weapon, Engineers Say
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/05/19/air-force-getting-closer-to-testing-hypersonic-weapon.htmlQuote"We are the Air Force. What do we want to do with this technology? We want to weaponize it," Ryan Helbach, an official with the Air Force Research Laboratory, said last week during an exhibition at the Pentagon to showcase various military research projects. "The follow-on program to this is the High Speed Strike Weapon effort. It's taking a lot of the lessons learned and the technology and moving to a weapons acquisition."
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#1388 by catdlr on 20 May, 2015 01:40
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.mil
MINUTEMAN III LAUNCH SCHEDULED
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - An operational test launch of an Air
Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic
missile is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, 2015, between 3:36 a.m. and 9:36
a.m. from north Vandenberg Air Force Base.
The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the
effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system, according to Air
Force Global Strike Command.
Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, is the Launch Decision
Authority.
"The launch process requires tremendous teamwork and involves months of
preparation," said Balts. "The data gained from these launches allows us to
maintain a high readiness capability and ensures operational effectiveness
of the most powerful weapons in the nation's arsenal."
The launch team, under the direction of the 576th Flight Test Squadron,
includes crew members and maintainers from the 90th Missile Wing, F.E.
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#1389 by edkyle99 on 21 May, 2015 05:04
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
This one happened successfully, reportedly, and was aimed toward Kwajalein after its 03:37 am PDT launch.
From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.mil
MINUTEMAN III LAUNCH SCHEDULED
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - An operational test launch of an Air
Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic
missile is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, 2015, between 3:36 a.m. and 9:36
a.m. from north Vandenberg Air Force Base.
The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the
effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system, according to Air
Force Global Strike Command.
Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, is the Launch Decision
Authority.
"The launch process requires tremendous teamwork and involves months of
preparation," said Balts. "The data gained from these launches allows us to
maintain a high readiness capability and ensures operational effectiveness
of the most powerful weapons in the nation's arsenal."
The launch team, under the direction of the 576th Flight Test Squadron,
includes crew members and maintainers from the 90th Missile Wing, F.E.
Warren AFB, Wyoming.
"The launch, according to the Air Force, was initiated by crew members from the 625th STOS, aboard the U.S. Strategic Command Airborne Command Post E-6B aircraft using the Airborne Launch Control System."
http://lompocrecord.com/news/local/outgoing-vafb-commander-oversees-icbm-test-launch/article_24773dcb-0865-5150-a1b3-31c90216d819.html
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#1390 by Satori on 22 May, 2015 14:34
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From: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/using-a-sounding-rocket-to-help-calibrate-nasas-sdo
The flight of a two-stage Terrier-Black Brant (Black Brant IX) suborbital sounding rocket was terminated May 21 by safety officials at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico about four seconds into the second stage burn after data showed the vehicle was flying off-course.
There were no injuries or damage to public property.
Launched at 3:15 p.m. EDT, May 21, the vehicle was carrying an instrument, developed by the University of Colorado, Boulder, to calibrate the EUV Variability Experiment, or EVE, on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Preliminary observations showed that the vehicle landed within the launch range. The payload carrying the experiment separated from the rocket and descended via parachute.
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#1391 by Lewis007 on 09 Jun, 2015 07:03
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The Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI), Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD), and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, announced the successful completion of a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA flight test from the Point Mugu Sea Range, San Nicolas Island, California. This test, designated SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-01, was the first live fire of the SM-3 Block IIA. The missile successfully demonstrated flyout through nosecone deployment and third stage flight. No intercept was planned, and no target missile was launched.
source: http://www.mda.mil/news/15news0006.html
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#1392 by Satori on 25 Jun, 2015 11:20
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The RockOn/RockSat-C mission was lanched today from Wallops Island...
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#1393 by catdlr on 25 Jun, 2015 18:39
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RockOnVIII, June 25, 2015
Published on Jun 25, 2015
NASA successfully launched a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket carrying student experiments with the RockOn/RockSat-C programs at 6 a.m., June 25, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
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#1394 by Lewis007 on 26 Jun, 2015 07:19
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#1395 by Star One on 29 Jun, 2015 16:51
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NASA Technology Program Seeks To Help Suborbital Vehicle DevelopersQuote
The announcement includes five categories of technologies, based on responses to a request for information NASA issued last year: suborbital reusable and small-satellite launch vehicle systems, wireless power transfer, thermal protection systems, green propellant thrusters, and high-performance liquid propellant rocket engines that are small and affordable.
NASA plans to award up to five Space Act Agreements to U.S.-based companies in the suborbital and small launch vehicle category, and up to two in each of the other four categories. The agreements would not provide the companies with any direct funding, but NASA would instead agree to provide $1 million to $2 million in agency resources, including access to facilities and personnel, per award. Proposals are due July 30 with selections expected in September.
The use of such nonreimbursable agreements was a compromise, Kubendran said. “Initially we were thinking about doing funded Space Act Agreements,” he said, but the agency was concerned about opposition to such agreements, which have been used by NASA’s commercial cargo and crew programs, by some in Congress. “It wasn’t worth fighting that battle.”
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#1396 by catdlr on 07 Jul, 2015 19:52
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Black Brant IX Launch on July 7, 2015 From Wallops Filght Facility
Published on Jul 7, 2015
Black Brant IX Launch on July 7, 2015 From Wallops Filght Facility
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#1397 by Lewis007 on 08 Jul, 2015 06:39
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Black Brant IX Launch on July 7, 2015 From Wallops Filght Facility
Published on Jul 7, 2015
Black Brant IX Launch on July 7, 2015 From Wallops Filght Facility
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#1398 by jcm on 18 Jul, 2015 00:21
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This latests Black Brant IX launch comes surprisingly soon after the May 21 failure. Any info around about the cause of that failure and the rapid return to flight?
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#1399 by russianhalo117 on 18 Jul, 2015 03:21
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This latests Black Brant IX launch comes surprisingly soon after the May 21 failure. Any info around about the cause of that failure and the rapid return to flight?
Im told the vehicle launched had motors from a different batch and was cleared to continue processing and launch a short few weeks after the failure.