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#260
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William Graham
on 26 Mar, 2009 22:45
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A Hera was launched from Fort Wingate at 13:25 GMT yestearday. It was the target for a Patriot test, but the ABM failed before even attempting an intercept. The Hera was reported to have operated successfully.
Hera launches sometimes reach space, sometimes they don't. I haven't heard the apogee for this launch yet. If anyone knows it, please can they post.
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#261
by
Olaf
on 10 Apr, 2009 13:48
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#262
by
jcm
on 11 Apr, 2009 14:16
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#263
by
William Graham
on 25 Apr, 2009 15:08
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FalconLaunch VII was launched from White Sands at 11:17 on 17 April.
It reached an apogee of 108.1 kilometres making it the first student-built rocket to reach space.
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#264
by
jcm
on 30 Apr, 2009 02:03
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#265
by
William Graham
on 02 May, 2009 10:23
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There will be a SpaceLoft-XL launch from Spaceport America at 14:00 GMT today. The payload consists of student experiments and the Celestis "Discovery" flight, carrying cremated human remains.
A webcast will be available at
www.spaceportamerica.com
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#266
by
ckiki lwai
on 02 May, 2009 13:49
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No webcast to be found on website, and the launch should occur in about 10 minutes.
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#267
by
William Graham
on 02 May, 2009 13:58
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No webcast to be found on website, and the launch should occur in about 10 minutes.
I can't find it either. 90 seconds to launch.
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#268
by
William Graham
on 02 May, 2009 14:00
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If launch occurred on schedule it will have happened by now.
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#269
by
William Graham
on 02 May, 2009 14:11
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#270
by
William Graham
on 02 May, 2009 14:19
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Video has started, but it keeps cutting out
Clock says T-0
Now it's gone down completely. I hate ustream.
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#271
by
William Graham
on 02 May, 2009 14:56
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Launch occurred and was successful. No other details at this time.
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#272
by
William Graham
on 02 May, 2009 18:55
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I'm now hearing that the launch failed due to underperformance.
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#273
by
ckiki lwai
on 03 May, 2009 16:54
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#274
by
William Graham
on 22 May, 2009 20:11
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A Nike-Orion was launched from Esrange at 10:32 GMT this morning with the MAPHEUS payload for DLR. It reached an apogee of 140.8 kilometres, and is reported to have been successful.
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#275
by
William Graham
on 23 May, 2009 09:47
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#276
by
jcm
on 25 May, 2009 18:32
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There was a hypersonic test launch designated "HIFiRE-0" from Woomera on 7 May. The rocket reached an apogee of 300 kilometres.
This is an image of the rocket used:
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2009/May/20090522/22176-974.jpg
I'm having some difficulty identifying it, and was wondering if someone else could tell me what it is. Thanks.
The later HIFIRE are meant to be Terrier Orion. This one looks more like
a Nike Orion to me, but I have a hard time telling the difference.
I think the old model Orion is a bit shorter than the Improved Orion
usually used now.
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#277
by
Lewis007
on 27 May, 2009 07:44
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#278
by
Yeknom-Ecaps
on 29 May, 2009 01:45
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NASA Flies Experimental Probes in 'Wind Tunnel in the Sky'
PRESS RELEASE
Date Released: Thursday, May 28, 2009
Source: Ames Research Center
NASA today successfully launched two hypersonic experiments as secondary payloads atop a NASA-built Terrier-Orion two-stage research sounding rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Va., at 9:52 a.m. PDT.
The rocket lofted two Sub-Orbital Aerodynamic Re-entry Experiments, or SOAREX, probes more than 80 miles high. The two NASA-developed experiments will help engineers and scientists design efficient ways to return experiments to Earth from the International Space Station. Additionally the technology could be used to supplement future missions to Mars.
"Both experiments performed very well, but the Tube Deployed Re-entry Vehicle experiment performed even better than we had predicted," said Marc Murbach, the principal investigator for the SOAREX missions, which are managed by the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. "Because of how well the instruments worked, we expect to get very interesting and useful data."
The primary SOAREX experiment was a Tube Deployed Re-entry Vehicle (TDRV), which for the first time tested a heat shield that unfolded to protect the probe during its decent. The TDRV is designed to improve the way payloads are stabilized and packaged on an atmospheric entry probe to better guarantee its safe return.
The second experiment was an instrumented nose cone that carried several experimental temperature, pressure and light sensors as well as a mounted camera to determine what the nose cone experiences during launch and in flight.
The 40-foot tall Terrier-Orion flew about 40 miles downrange, to a point southeast of Wallops, where it and the experiments fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Following the successful launch, SOAREX team members and support staff from Wallops will analyze the experiments' flight data.
A series of SOAREX flights were conceived as a way to perform hypersonic flight experiments that complement ground test facilities and are often referred to as a 'wind tunnel in the sky.' This launch was the seventh in the series, also known as SOAREX-7.
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#279
by
jcm
on 29 May, 2009 02:37
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NASA Flies Experimental Probes in 'Wind Tunnel in the Sky'
This is flight NASA 41.080NR