The suborbital thread!

• #140 by William Graham on 23 Jun, 2008 21:13
• Quote from: Satori on 23 Jun, 2008 18:14

  Hi!
  
  This (http://www.lrn.cn/science/scienceNews/200806/t20080619_243796.htm) is about a  a suborbital chinese rocket launch that took place on June 11th from Jiuquan. Any help in translating this?
  

  
  Student launch, apogee 10 kilometres. Not a spaceflight.
• #141 by Yeknom-Ecaps on 25 Jun, 2008 22:26
• Raytheon first launch of Standard Missile 6:
  
  http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=149999&TICK=RTN&STORY=/www/story/06-24-2008/0004838058&EDATE=Jun+24,+2008
  
  Launch took place on 6/24. No "public" photos available.
• #142 by William Graham on 26 Jun, 2008 06:50
• Quote from: Yeknom-Ecaps on 25 Jun, 2008 22:26

  Raytheon first launch of Standard Missile 6:
  
  http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=149999&TICK=RTN&STORY=/www/story/06-24-2008/0004838058&EDATE=Jun+24,+2008
  
  Launch took place on 6/24. No "public" photos available.
  

  
  SM-6 is just an surface-to-air missile. I don't think it can even reach space.
  
  
  There was a THAAD test yesterday, against an air-launched ballistic missile, dropped from a C-17.
  http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/29th-missile-defense-intercept-achieved,447634.shtml
  
• #143 by Yeknom-Ecaps on 26 Jun, 2008 21:47
• Correct, SM-6 did not reach space.
• #144 by Yeknom-Ecaps on 27 Jun, 2008 22:36
• From MDA
  
  Missile Defense Data Collection Experiment Successfully Completed Lieutenant General Henry “Trey” Obering, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, announced today the successful completion of a technology-demonstration flight test from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Va. The launch occurred June 26, 2008 at 3:57 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This exercise, identified as the Next Generation Sensor Producibility flight test (NGSP-01), successfully demonstrated the performance of emerging sensor technologies, materials, and designs that offer improvements for next-generation missile defense interceptors. During the exercise, a Black Brant XI sounding rocket carried a payload consisting of multiple optical and infrared sensors, along with various objects. Upon reaching the desired altitude in the exo-atmosphere, the objects were ejected to present a viewing scene for the sensors under test. Data collected during NGSP-01 will undergo thorough analysis and be evaluated for use in the development of future missile defense interceptor kill vehicles. The NGSP-01 experiment was not a weapon system exercise.
• #145 by Yeknom-Ecaps on 28 Jun, 2008 02:33
• Orion launch from Wallops Island 6/27 - NASA RockOn! mission. 20 payloads. It was supposed to reach 41 miles. Launch was at 6:36 am EDT.
• #146 by William Graham on 28 Jun, 2008 09:10
• Quote from: Yeknom-Ecaps on 28 Jun, 2008 02:33

  Orion launch from Wallops Island 6/27 - NASA RockOn! mission. 20 payloads. It was supposed to reach 41 miles. Launch was at 6:36 am EDT.
  

  
  Only a spaceflight by the US designation, not by the international one.
  
  When you say "supposed to", do you mean it failed?
• #147 by Yeknom-Ecaps on 28 Jun, 2008 12:10
• "supposed to" was in regard to what was published in a pre-flight web article I read about the RockOn! program. The NASA Wallops site only gave the launch time and no information on the height actually attained for the flight.
  
  It was a successful flight.
• #148 by William Graham on 28 Jun, 2008 15:25
• Thanks. There was a Black Brant launch from Wallops the day before as well. That did reach space.
• #149 by Yeknom-Ecaps on 28 Jun, 2008 18:50
• Details on successful MDA launch of 6/26 from Wallops are a couple of posts above.
• #150 by William Graham on 30 Jun, 2008 19:06
• A Nike-Improved Orion was launched from Andøya earlier today.
• #151 by Yeknom-Ecaps on 04 Jul, 2008 03:36
• Photo and report on 6/27 Orion launch from WFF is on the WFF site (Sounding Rockets)
• #152 by William Graham on 08 Jul, 2008 17:49
• SubTec-II (Terrier) is scheduled to launch from Wallops tomorrow. This one has been delayed a lot, but I don't think they've got this close before. There might be a webcast on the WFF website (http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/). Launch window is either 10:00-13:00 GMT, or 09:30-11:00 GMT, depending on which source you go with. Not sure how high this one is going to go.
• #153 by William Graham on 08 Jul, 2008 22:41
• There was another Nike-Orion launch from Andøya on Monday, and there will probably be another one in the next few days (based on average turnaround, I would say NET tomorrow evening). SubTec has been delayed to 14 July. FalconLaunch VI was cancelled due to a problem with the propellent.
• #154 by William Graham on 09 Jul, 2008 23:24
• Iran tested nine missiles yesterday (09/07). At least one of them, a Shahab-3, would have reached space.
• #155 by hop on 09 Jul, 2008 23:30
• Video (via BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7496875.stm
  
  Anyone know where the impact zones are for Irans long range tests ?
• #156 by jcm on 10 Jul, 2008 00:57
• Does anyone have details on a launch from last year: Taiwan's Sounding Rocket 6.?
  All I have is some badly-Babelfished-translations indicating a launch in Sep 2007 which
  may have used a new liquid rocket instead of the earlier solid variety.
• #157 by jcm on 10 Jul, 2008 01:07
• Quote from: jcm on 10 Jul, 2008 00:57

  Does anyone have details on a launch from last year: Taiwan's Sounding Rocket 6.?
  All I have is some badly-Babelfished-translations indicating a launch in Sep 2007 which
  may have used a new liquid rocket instead of the earlier solid variety.
  

  
  Never mind, answered my own question: Sep 13 at 0550 GMT, seems like the same type of
  rocket as the earlier launches. http://www.nspo.org.tw/2005c/news/news_content.php?id=000105
  in Chinese, thank goodness for Babelfish.
  
  Now if anyone knows the thrust and weight of the two stages....
• #158 by William Graham on 10 Jul, 2008 14:26
• There are reports that another Shahab-3 has been tested.
• #159 by William Graham on 14 Jul, 2008 12:11
• ECOMA 3 was launched on Saturday, at 10:46 GMT.
  
  SubTEC-II launched at 10:10 GMT this morning.