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#1940 by russianhalo117 on 04 Aug, 2020 19:02
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Upcoming Minuteman III launch.
GT235GM
https://www.vandenberg.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2298244/unarmed-minuteman-iii-test-launch-scheduled/
"An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 4, between 12:21 a.m. and 6:21 a.m. from north Vandenberg."
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159328492599897&id=95781119896 -
#1941 by Steven Pietrobon on 05 Aug, 2020 07:45
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Launch video. Launch was at the opening of the window at 07:21 UTC.
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#1942 by Steven Pietrobon on 06 Aug, 2020 03:42
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GT-235GM included three re-entry vehicles in the test. Seems like the US is moving away from its prior policy of one re-entry vehicle per Minuteman III.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35352/test-of-minuteman-iii-icbm-with-three-reentry-vehicles-sure-seems-like-a-warning-to-russia -
#1943 by SpaceThomas on 15 Aug, 2020 03:59
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#1944 by russianhalo117 on 20 Aug, 2020 00:31
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SSC launch or training exercise with window open T-0 of 04:00 UTC:
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#1945 by russianhalo117 on 20 Aug, 2020 00:47
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#1946 by zubenelgenubi on 21 Aug, 2020 18:18
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Cross-post; any follow-up?:
Could have been a DF-ZF target type flight.
In any event no object was cataloged
Red NOTAM zone: close/open times: August 15 UTC 0348 and 0429. Did anything happen?Quote from: LaunchStuff TweetHmmm... 3 notams all active between the same time frame. Pink and green look to be missile testing related but the red one is same area as CZ-2C carrying HY-1D from june 10th.
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#1947 by Steven Pietrobon on 01 Sep, 2020 03:58
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Photo shows the 3 km Athena rocket launched in April 2019.
University of Queensland’s ‘world first’ rocket headed to space
Stephen Kuper
01 September 2020
The University of Queensland’s (UQ) ‘Project Asteria’ could soon be the first university to fly a student-built rocket and scientific payload into space next year.
https://www.spaceconnectonline.com.au/launch/4506-university-of-queensland-s-world-first-rocket-headed-to-space
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#1948 by russianhalo117 on 03 Sep, 2020 05:03
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Launch Alert
https://www.vandenberg.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2333165/unarmed-minuteman-iii-test-launch-from-vandenberg/
5:14 PM
Unarmed Minuteman III Test Launch Scheduled Will Validate Effectiveness, Readiness, Accuracy
30th Space Wing Public Affairs / Published September 01, 2020
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 Tuesday, Sept. 2, between 00:02 a.m. and 06:02 a.m. from north Vandenberg.
The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to verify the safety, security, effectiveness and readiness of the weapon system, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.
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https://www.facebook.com/95781119896/posts/10159406560149897/?extid=04AXNUgMd2C0qTSx -
#1949 by Steven Pietrobon on 03 Sep, 2020 06:55
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GT-233GM on 2 September 2020.
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#1950 by Lewis007 on 08 Oct, 2020 06:12
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NASA launched a Black Brant-9 sounding rocket from White Sands at 18:00 GMT on Sep 8, carrying the DUST-2 payload (36.365 G NUTH). It was the first launch since the coronavirus pandemic began in the United States. It reached an apogee of approximately 345 km before descending by parachute. The payload was recovered and good data was received during the mission.
More info: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/with-dust-2-launch-nasa-s-sounding-rocket-program-is-back-on-the-range
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https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story261-36.65%20DUST.html
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#1951 by catdlr on 24 Oct, 2020 09:15
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Swedish Space Corporation
Stern II Leonis II Launch Livestream - 20201024
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#1952 by Steven Pietrobon on 25 Oct, 2020 03:56
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Go to 6:45 in the video to see the launch. Screen grabs below.
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#1953 by jcm on 25 Oct, 2020 23:02
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Go to 6:45 in the video to see the launch. Screen grabs below.
Note that this rocket, called Schwerdtlein, was designed to reach only 5 km apogee.
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#1954 by Steven Pietrobon on 08 Nov, 2020 01:01
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Woomera will be closed from 3 to 9 December, with the main road being closed from 5 to 6 December. The test might be of a hypersonic missile based on blue closure area. Note that is pure speculation on my part.
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#1955 by leovinus on 08 Nov, 2020 02:56
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Just wondering but could that closure be related to the Hayabusa2 return on Dec 6th which should come down close to Woomera?
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#1956 by Steven Pietrobon on 08 Nov, 2020 03:38
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Just wondering but could that closure be related to the Hayabusa2 return on Dec 6th which should come down close to Woomera?
Yes, that must be it.
https://www.industry.gov.au/news-media/hayabusa2-re-entry-capsule-to-land-in-south-australia
"The sample return capsule will land in Australia’s Woomera Prohibited Area on 6 December 2020."
The notice in today's paper made it sound like a big military test.
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#1957 by Lewis007 on 09 Nov, 2020 07:52
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NASA launched a Black Brant-9 sounding rocket from White Sands at 10:40 GMT on Nov 2, carrying the DEUCE payload (36.368 UG Green). It reached an apogee of approximately 285 km before descending by parachute. The payload was recovered and good data was received during the mission. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Green, University of Colorado.
More info:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/sounding-rocket-to-see-what-keeps-intergalactic-space-sizzling
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https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story263-36.368%20DEUCE.html
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#1958 by Lewis007 on 21 Nov, 2020 06:46
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FTM-44 success: The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Finn (DDG-113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer, intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii.
Full article: https://www.mda.mil/news/20news0003.html
Note: I have to use the Tor browser to access the site, it does not work in three other browsers I use (Basilisk, Chrome and Brave). It has to do with a certificate issue; this matter has been playing for a couple of years now.
Attached are some pics.
Video:
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#1959 by Steven Pietrobon on 22 Nov, 2020 00:18
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Full article: https://www.mda.mil/news/20news0003.html
Note: I have to use the Tor browser to access the site, it does not work in three other browsers I use (Basilisk, Chrome and Brave). It has to do with a certificate issue; this matter has been playing for a couple of years now.
Try using Firefox or Seamonkey, which allows you to accept expired and invalid security certificates. As long as you're not buying anything from from mda.mil, its no problem to do this. Using Chrome is more of a security risk anyway!
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/google-chrome-privacy-isnt-best-these-browser-extensions-will-help/