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#1760
by
Lewis007
on 24 May, 2018 06:23
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#1761
by
russianhalo117
on 24 May, 2018 13:45
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#1762
by
Lewis007
on 25 May, 2018 06:20
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#1763
by
russianhalo117
on 26 May, 2018 00:07
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An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (GT-224GM) was launched from LF-04 at Vandenberg AFB at 01:23 PDT on May 14.
More info:
https://thedefensepost.com/2018/05/14/us-tests-minuteman-icbm-nuclear-missile-may/
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article211136069.html
Attached: video
goes here in its dedicated thread: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=39426.0
I saw the thread, but because of its title, I placed it in the suborbital launches thread.
The VAFB thread should be called VAFB suborbital launches or something like that, not VAFB missile test notices.
Personally, I prefer to have all these launches in one suborbital thread. It's confusing that some suborbital launches have their own thread, and all others go in the main thread. If a split is made, I believe one distinguishing between missile tests and science/technological missions makes more sense.
I agree but the VAFB thread and several other threads were created at the urging of mods in various subsections to separate military launches from civil launches because of North Korean and other countries activities flooding this thread.
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#1764
by
jcm
on 03 Jun, 2018 14:24
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#1765
by
Lewis007
on 05 Jun, 2018 09:19
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A Terrier-Black Brant 9 sounding rocket was launched from White Sands Missile Range, NM, carrying the Hi-C 2.1 (36.342 NS Winebarger) payload to look for connection between chromospheric and coronal heating. Specifically, it was Hi-C 2.1’s goal to answer if there are coronal counterparts to type II spicules and the connection between coronal, transition region, and chromopsheric heating in active region cores.
The Principal Investigator was Dr. Winebarger/NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
source:
https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story232-36.342%20Hi-C-.html
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#1766
by
jcm
on 05 Jun, 2018 19:19
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A Terrier-Black Brant 9 sounding rocket was launched from White Sands Missile Range, NM, carrying the Hi-C 2.1 (36.342 NS Winebarger) payload to look for connection between chromospheric and coronal heating. Specifically, it was Hi-C 2.1’s goal to answer if there are coronal counterparts to type II spicules and the connection between coronal, transition region, and chromopsheric heating in active region cores.
The Principal Investigator was Dr. Winebarger/NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
source: https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story232-36.342%20Hi-C-.html
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2018-09Amy Winebarger is an old friend of the group here at the Harvard-Smithsonian; she was one of my first undergrad
summer students mumble years ago and I'm thrilled to see her in charge of a mission.
My colleagues here at SAO built the telescope.
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#1767
by
Lewis007
on 11 Jun, 2018 05:07
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#1768
by
Satori
on 21 Jun, 2018 19:26
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Tweet from RUAG Space:
Yesterday, @NASASun launched the EVE #soundingrocket to take measurements of the sun. On board: a unit of our reusable sounding rocket guidance system which has flown for its 5th time now. Video:
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#1769
by
Lewis007
on 22 Jun, 2018 06:07
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#1770
by
Lewis007
on 01 Aug, 2018 06:09
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#1771
by
Kryten
on 31 Aug, 2018 19:37
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https://stv.tv/news/north/1429367-scotland-s-first-commercial-rocket-launch-hailed-a-success/The first commercial rocket launch in Scotland has taken place as part of efforts to gain work at a planned spaceport in the Highlands.
Skyrora saw its 2.5 metre (9ft) projectile reach altitudes of almost four miles after taking off at the Kildermorie Estate in Ross-shire.
Known as Skylark Nano, it accelerated to Mach 1.45 - more than 1110mph.
The Edinburgh-based rocket developer was trialling technology for use on full-scale vehicles, as it bids for a contract for the forthcoming facility.
(Was unsure what would be the best place to put this. Skyrora could probably do with having a dedicated thread.)
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#1772
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 05 Sep, 2018 01:35
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Remeber that Chinese company i-Space that more or less stick their own stickers to a solid powered rocket they (apparently) bought elsewhere and flew it to 100+ km high a few months ago?
Well they are flying again today, this time from JSLC. Well, the company claimed that they are launching something they call a "satellite" - but after some Chinese spaceflight forum member asked it turns out
this is nothing more than a single stage sounding rocket flight.
Unlike other Chinese rocket startups (OneSpace/Landspace/LinkSpace etc.) it seems that this company didn't have a good reputation on the web (including one claim that they modified an ethyne cutter, add a case and claim it to be China's first pressure fed rocket engine by a private startup...) , and in any case calling a sounding rocket payload a "satellite" - 2 days before OneSpace is flying their own sounding rocket from the same site and about 1 month before Landspace seems to be really attempting an orbital flight - is surely suspicious.
Regardless let's see what will happen within the next few hours.....
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#1773
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 05 Sep, 2018 06:47
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Remeber that Chinese company i-Space that more or less stick their own stickers to a solid powered rocket they (apparently) bought elsewhere and flew it to 100+ km high a few months ago? Well they are flying again today, this time from JSLC.
Well, the company claimed that they are launching something they call a "satellite" - but after some Chinese spaceflight forum member asked it turns out this is nothing more than a single stage sounding rocket flight. Unlike other Chinese rocket startups (OneSpace/Landspace/LinkSpace etc.) it seems that this company didn't have a good reputation on the web (including one claim that they modified an ethyne cutter, add a case and claim it to be China's first pressure fed rocket engine by a private startup...) , and in any case calling a sounding rocket payload a "satellite" - 2 days before OneSpace is flying their own sounding rocket from the same site and about 1 month before Landspace seems to be really attempting an orbital flight - is surely suspicious.
Regardless let's see what will happen within the next few hours.....
This has flown at 05:00 UTC - the rocket is named "Hyperbola-1Z" (in Chinese SQX-1Z). They claimed a maximum height of 175+ km and maximum velocity of 1.6 km/s on this flight. Turns out that there were actually 3 cubesats
that were intentionally released into the sub-orbital trajectory (details to follow, but at least 1 was parachuted back to ground).
They also claimed that this is "the first spaceflight launch by a fully private Chinese company/by a Chinese prviate company from a PLAAF range and also the first to carry multiple "satellites"" Uh huh.....
Source with photos
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#1774
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 05 Sep, 2018 07:09
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#1775
by
Skyrocket
on 05 Sep, 2018 09:03
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The Hyperbola-1Z differs at least by having grid fin stabilizers instead of fins as on the first Hyperbola-1S.
As a side remark: these are not the first suborbital Cubesats - NASA has flown some years ago CP1U and AdamaSat suborbital on a Terrier Mk.70 Improved Malemute sounding rocket.
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#1776
by
SciNews
on 05 Sep, 2018 13:25
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#1777
by
Lar
on 06 Sep, 2018 13:13
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A perhaps silly question.... payloads designed to do astronomical observations (or solar)... how useful are these, really? I am assuming their observation time is measured in minutes if not seconds. Can you get a lot of science done in that period? Or is it the case that these are testbeds for payload development that might eventually fly on something that achieves, and stays, in orbit? If some of each, what are typical fractions?
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#1778
by
QuantumG
on 06 Sep, 2018 22:23
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Test flights.
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#1779
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 07 Sep, 2018 03:13
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A reminder that in China today, in addition to a satellite launch from Taiyuan, the company OneSpace is also flying a sub-orbital flight today from Jiuquan, just 2 days after some other company flew theirs first:
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1035420528494956544
Private Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) in September, this time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.
IIRC they are going for max. velocity of Mach 4.5 this time. According to reports the flight will be on September 7.
OneSpace. Private Chinese launch company OneSpace will launch its second OS-X suborbital rocket (aka Chongqing Liangjiang Star) 5 September. Tianfu Junrong No.1 - SQX-1Z.
This is not a OneSpace flight, but is from another competitor who (at least by name - more on that in another post elsewhere ) is trying to beat them to the punch!
Unlike other Chinese rocket startups (OneSpace/Landspace/LinkSpace etc.) it seems that this company didn't have a good reputation on the web (including one claim that they modified an ethyne cutter, add a case and claim it to be China's first pressure fed rocket engine by a private startup...) , and in any case calling a sounding rocket payload a "satellite" - 2 days before OneSpace is flying their own sounding rocket from the same site and about 1 month before Landspace seems to be really attempting an orbital flight - is surely suspicious.