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Lift off!

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T+1M 10S Motor burnout #MAXUS 9

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T+1M 25S Motor separation #MAXUS 9

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T+1M 30S Separation of SuperMAX experiment

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T+1M 30S Separation of SuperMAX experiment
 
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T+1M 35S Start of micro gravity

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T+7M40S Apogee reached Should be just under 700 km

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#MAXUS 9 End of micro gravity at T+13M42S

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#MAXUS9 parachute is out, working at T+16M

SSC Rockets Balloons‏ @SSC_Rockets 39 мин. назад
 
#MAXUS9 payload hanging in parachute


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#MAXUS9 payload has landed long ago. Experiments seem to have 100% success and SuperMAX landed too. Payload Recovery operations starts

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SSC‏ @SSCspace 6 ч. назад

MAXUS 9 was launched at 11:30 local time today from #Esrange Space Center.

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http://www.sscspace.com/news-activities/all-news-archives/2017/europes-largest-sounding-rocket-successfully-launched-from-esrange

Europe's largest sounding rocket successfully launched from Esrange
 
07 Apr 2017

Today MAXUS 9, Europe's largest sounding rocket for experiments in micro­gravity, successfully lifted off from SSC's (Swedish Space Corporation's) launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden.

The rocket was launched at 11:30 local time and carried nine scientific experiments and a techno­logy demonstrator, altogether 579 kg, to an altitude of 678 km which enabled slightly more than 12 minutes and of stable microgravity, 10-5 g. The payload landed safely with a parachute within the impact area and has been recovered by helicopter. The rocket engineers will then disassemble the payload to enable for the scientists to perform further analyses of their experiments.

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One of the main purposes of the different experiments is to investigate different materials and processes in microgravity. One example is the XRMON-Diff2 experiment module developed by SSC. By using a unique X-ray radiography, samples of the metal alloys Al-Ti and Si-Ge will be studied during the microgravity phase. The sel ected alloy systems are of industrial relevance and by observing them in in clean microgravity conditions, important benchmark values for ground-based experiments will be obtained and thereby contributing to the improvement of solidification models.

"Sounding rockets from Esrange Space Center are a key platform for research providing an important, cost-effective and independent means for Europe to carry out specific experiments with a relatively quick turnaround of results. The researchers are pleased with the results so far and will now focus on further analyses of their experiments, says Mr. Antonio Verga, System Engineer at ESA".

" MAXUS is not only Europe's largest sounding rocket; it is also a guided rocket. Providing launch services for MAXUS demonstrate that SSC has the competence and potential to further raise the level of our advanced space services through launches of small satellites fr om Esrange, says Lennart Poromaa, Site Manager at Esrange."

The MAXUS sounding rocket program is a joint venture between SSC and Airbus, funded by ESA. Several other space companies are involved such as DLR, OHB and RUAG Space.

Read more about MAXUS 9 here 

At ESA

For more information, please contact:

Lennart Poromaa, Site Manager Esrange Space Center, SSC, Tel. +46 70 564 54 77

Anna Rathsman, CTO - Chief Technology Officer, SSC, Tel +46 70 2630064

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Launch: MAXUS 9

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-funded-sounding-rocket-will-take-1500-images-of-sun-in-5-minutes

On May 5, 2017, scientists will launch a sounding rocket 200 miles up into the atmosphere, where in just five minutes, it will take 1,500 images of the sun. The NASA-funded RAISE mission is designed to scrutinize split-second changes occurring near the sun's active regions — areas of intense, complex magnetic activity that can give rise to solar flares, which eject energy and solar material out into space.
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The launch window for RAISE opens at 2:25 p.m. EDT at the White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The precise timing of the launch depends on weather conditions, and coordinated timing with other space observatories such as NASA's SDO and IRIS, as well as the joint Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/NASA's Hinode.
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-funded-sounding-rocket-will-take-1500-images-of-sun-in-5-minutes

May 4, 2017
 
 NASA-Funded Sounding Rocket Will Take 1,500 Images of Sun in 5 Minutes
 
 
Updated May 5, 4:38 p.m.

RAISE Successfully Rises

The Rapid Acquisition Imaging Spectrograph Experiment or RAISE was successfully launched at 2:24:58 p.m. EDT, May 5.  The payload was launched on a NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and flew to an altitude of 184 miles  The experimenter, Don Hassler with the Southwest Research Institute, reported that good data fr om the instruments observing the sun was received during the flight. The payload is being recovered.

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On May 5, 2017, scientists will launch a sounding rocket 200 miles up into the atmosphere, where in just five minutes, it will take 1,500 images of the sun. The NASA-funded RAISE mission is designed to scrutinize split-second changes occurring near the sun's active regions — areas of intense, complex magnetic activity that can give rise to solar flares, which eject energy and solar material out into space.

Several missions continuously study the sun — such as NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, and the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO — but certain areas of the sun demand especially high-cadence observations in order to understand the rapid changes occurring there. That's where RAISE — short for Rapid Acquisition Imaging Spectrograph Experiment — comes in.
 

The RAISE payload, partially enclosed in a clean tent, is shown after completion of testing before going to the launch pad.
Credits: Amir Caspi, Southwest Research Institute
 
"Dynamic processes happen on all timescales," said Don Hassler, principal investigator for the RAISE mission at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. "With RAISE, we'll read out an image every two-tenths of a second, so we can study very fast processes and changes on the sun. That's around five to 10 times faster than comparable instruments on other sounding rocket or satellite missions."

RAISE images are used to create a data product called a spectrogram, which separates light from the sun into all its different wavelength components. By looking at the intensity of light at each wavelength, scientists can assess how solar material and energy moves around the sun, and how that movement evolves into massive solar eruptions.
 

RAISE goes through a spin-balance test in the Sounding Rocket Payload Facility at the White Sands Missile Range.
Credits: Amir Caspi, Southwest Research Institute/Joy Ng, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
 
"RAISE is pushing the limits of high-cadence observations, and doing so is challenging," Hassler said. "But that's exactly what the NASA sounding rocket program is for."

The flight of a sounding rocket is short-lived, and has a parabolic trajectory — the shape of a frown. Most sounding rocket flights last for 15 to 20 minutes, and just five to six of those minutes are spent making observations from above the atmosphere, observations that can only be done in space. In RAISE's case, the extreme ultraviolet light the instruments observe can't penetrate Earth's atmosphere. After the flight, the payload parachutes to the ground, wh ere it can be recovered for use again.

This will be the RAISE mission's third flight, and the scientists have continuously updated its technology. For the upcoming flight, they have refurbished the detectors and updated the flight software, and the payload carries a new diffraction grating, which reflects light and separates it into its separate wavelengths.

The launch window for RAISE opens at 2:25 p.m. EDT at the White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The precise timing of the launch depends on weather conditions, and coordinated timing with other space observatories such as NASA's SDO and IRIS, as well as the joint Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/NASA's Hinode.

RAISE is supported by NASA's Sounding Rocket Program at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. NASA's Heliophysics Division manages the Sounding Rocket Program.
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By Lina Tran
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

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Last Updated: May 5, 2017
Editor: Rob Garner

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NASA_SLS‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_SLS 12 мин. назад

Sounding rocket @NASA_Wallops will test 24 experiments & new technologies that could support science missions: https://go.nasa.gov/2pogtUm 

https://www.nasa.gov/wallops/2017/feature/sounding-rocket-mission-may-16-providing-real-world-test-for-new-technologies

May 11, 2017

Sounding Rocket Mission May 16 Providing Real-World Test for New Technologies

New rocket and spacecraft technology can be tested on the ground, such as in labs.  However, in some cases a new technology needs to be flight tested to see how it performs in the "real-world" environment.

A NASA sounding rocket launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on May 16 will provide the flight testing needed for 24 experiments and new technologies.

The launch of a 56-foot tall Black Brant IX rocket is scheduled between 5:45 and 6:40 a.m. EDT and can be seen by residents on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland. Backup launch days are May 17 - 19.

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Cathy Hesh, technology manager for the sounding rocket program office at Wallops, said, "Sounding rockets are not only used for conducting science missions but also provide an excellent platform for technology development.  While the flight is short in duration, enough flight time is provided to test the new technologies."

The SubTec-7 mission will test technologies, many of which were developed at Wallops, to improve the capabilities of sounding rockets for supporting science missions and also those that may be applied to spacecraft.

The primary goal of the flight is to test two capabilities for sounding rocket missions to improve payload recovery systems. The first is a shutter door system that will allow recovery of a telescope payload in water environments, expanding the capabilities for science research.

For example, launches from Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific Ocean would allow telescope observations from the southern hemisphere.  Currently, telescope missions are limited to land recovery locations such as the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, providing viewing from the northern hemisphere.

The second goal of the flight is to update the electronic and mechanical systems of the current recovery system whose heritage dates back to the 1970s. These updates also will decrease the system's length and weight, which will allow for comparable increases in science instruments that can be flown.

The nearly 1,200-pound payload is planned to be recovered. After an approximate 17-minute flight, the payload is expected to descend by parachute and land in the Atlantic Ocean about 106 miles from Wallops Island, Virginia.

In addition, electrical and other components are being tested, many for flight qualification, that will improve sounding rocket payload capabilities. These include a solar sensor, low cost star tracker, power supply, timer, command and uplink stack, receiver transmitter, inertial measurement unit and a solid state altimeter.

Also, three packages are being flight tested under NASA's Space  Technology Mission Directorate's Game Changing Development program. These tests include a carbon nanotube Composite Overwrap Pressure Vessel, a joint effort by NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; a CubeSat test of ultra-lightweight materials from Orbital ATK, Dulles, Virginia; and a Mars Packing Efficiency Payload from NASA Langley.

The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will open at 5 a.m. on launch day for viewing the flight.  The rocket launch is expected to be seen throughout Chesapeake Bay region.

Live coverage of the mission is scheduled to begin at 5:15 a.m. on the Wallops Ustream site. Launch updates also are available via the Wallops Facebook and Twitter sites. Facebook Live coverage begins at 5:30 a.m.
  
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NASA's Sounding Rocket Program is conducted at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility, which is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Orbital ATK provides mission planning, engineering services and field operations for the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract. NASA's Heliophysics Division manages the sounding-rocket program for the agency.

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Keith Koehler
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov
757-824-1579

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Last Updated: May 11, 2017
Editor: Patrick Black

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 6 ч. назад

German @DLR_de suborbital payload, MAPHEUS 6, counting down for launch on a Brazilian VSB-30 rocket at the Swedish @SSC_Rockets launch site

SSC Rockets Balloons‏ @SSC_Rockets 2 ч. назад

#ESRANGE #MAPHEUS6 Apogee at 254.2km

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#ESRANGE #MAPHEUS6 Payload reentry and parachute phase successfully ended, payload is at ground.

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#ESRANGE Recovery team gears up to retrieve the payload. In parallel, #MAPHEUS6 crew get together, start evaluating data and observations

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 31 мин. назад

The MAPHEUS 6 microgravity suborbital mission was launched at 0920 UTC May 13 on a VSB-30 rocket to apogee of 254 km.

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Launch: Mapheus 6 2017-05-13


Swedish Space Corporation

Опубликовано: 13 мая 2017 г.

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NASA's Wallops Flight Facility 1 ч ·

Good morning for a rocket launch from Wallops Island. Launch time 5:45 a.m.

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NASA Wallops ‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops 45 мин. назад

T-20 minutes and counting for the launch of a Black Brant IX sounding rocket.

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T-10 minutes and counting fro the launch of Black Brant IX. Launch is expected to be visible from the eastern shore Virginia and Maryland

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NASA Wallops‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops 35 мин. назад

T-2 minutes and counting for launch of Black Brant IX. Launch at 5:45 a.m.


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T-1 minutes. Launch at 5:45 a.m. This is last update before launch of Black Brant IX.

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Пуск!

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NASA Wallops‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops 37 мин. назад

Lift off of Black Brant IX

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