Суборбитальные пуски (научные и экспериментальные)

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11281.msg928386#msg928386

jcm пишет:

Hi-C launched at 1850 UTC Jul 11. I've talked to the folks here who listened in by telecon. Flew as planned and got good data - 'better than SDO AIA', as hoped. Kudos to Jonathan Cirtain, Kellly Korreck et al!

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RELEASE : 12-236
 
NASA Hypersonic Inflatable Tech Test Set For Virginia Launch July 21

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA Space Technology Program researchers will launch and deploy a large inflatable heat shield aboard a rocket travelling at hypersonic speeds this weekend during a technology demonstration test from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.

NASA has four consecutive days of launch opportunities for the agency's Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3), starting July 21, with the liftoff window from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. EDT each day.

The test is designed to demonstrate lightweight, yet strong, inflatable structures that could become practical tools for exploration of other worlds or as a way to return items safely to Earth from the International Space Station. During this technology demonstration test flight, NASA's IRVE-3 payload will try to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at hypersonic speeds -- Mach 5, or 3,800 mph to 7,600 mph.

"As we investigate new ways to bring cargo back to Earth from the International Space Station and innovative ways to land larger payloads safely on Mars, it's clear we need to invest in new technologies that will enable these goals," said Michael Gazarik, director of NASA's Space Technology Program. "IRVE-3 is precisely the sort of cross-cutting technology NASA's Space Technology Program should mature to make these future NASA and commercial space endeavors possible."

The IRVE-3 experiment will fly aboard a three-stage Black Brant XI launch vehicle for its suborbital flight. The payload and the heat shield, which looks like a large, uninflated cone of inner tubes, will be packed inside the rocket's 22-inch-diameter nose cone. About six minutes after launch, the rocket will climb to an altitude of about 280 miles over the Atlantic Ocean.

At that point, the 680-pound IRVE-3 will separate from the rocket. An inflation system similar to air tanks used by scuba divers will pump nitrogen gas into the IRVE-3 aeroshell until it becomes almost 10 feet in diameter. Instruments on board, including pressure sensors and heat flux gauges, as well as cameras, will provide data to engineers on the ground of how well the inflated heat shield performs during the force and heat of entry into Earth's atmosphere.

After its flight, IRVE-3 will fall into the Atlantic Ocean about 350 miles down range from Wallops. From launch to splash down, the flight is expected to take approximately 20 minutes.

"We originally came up with this concept because we'd like to be able to land more mass and access higher altitudes on Mars," said Neil Cheatwood, IRVE-3 principal investigator at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. "To do so you need more drag. We're seeking to maximize the drag area of the entry system. We want to make it as big as we can. The limitation with current technology has been the launch vehicle diameter."

Cheatwood and a team of NASA engineers and technicians have spent the last three years addressing the technical challenges of materials withstanding the heat created by atmospheric entry and preparing for the IRVE-3 flight. The team has studied designs, assessed materials in laboratories and wind tunnels, and subjected hardware to thermal and pressure loads beyond what the inflatable spacecraft technology should face during flight.

This test is a follow on to the successful IRVE-2, which showed an inflatable heat shield could survive intact after coming through Earth's atmosphere. IRVE-3 is the same size as IRVE-2, but has a heavier payload and will be subjected to a much higher reentry heat.

IRVE-3 is part of the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) Project within the Game Changing Development Program, part of NASA's Space Technology Program. Langley developed and manages the IRVE-3 and HIAD projects.

Journalists interested in attending the IRVE-3 launch at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility should contact Wallops Public Affairs Officer Keith Koehler at 757-824-1579 or keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov to arrange for media accreditation.

NASA TV will air the IRVE-3 launch live and stream it on the Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about IRVE-3 and the HIAD Project, visit:   http://www.nasa.gov/hiad

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/jul/HQ_236_IRVE_3_Launch.html

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=29463.msg931432#msg931432

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-136

NASA HYPERSONIC INFLATABLE TECH TEST NOW SET FOR LAUNCH JULY 22

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA managers are rescheduling the launch of an
inflatable heat shield technology demonstration flight from the
agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., until no
earlier than Sunday, July 22.

The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3) launch was
postponed for one day to allow for additional testing of launch
vehicle systems. NASA has three consecutive days of launch
opportunities for IRVE-3, with a liftoff window from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.
EDT each day.

IRVE-3 is part of the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator
(HIAD) Project within the Game Changing Development Program, part of
NASA's Space Technology Program.

Media interested in attending the launch of IRVE-3 should contact
Wallops Public Affairs Officer Keith Koehler at 757-824-1579 or
keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov to arrange for media accreditation.

NASA Television will air the IRVE-3 launch live and stream it on the
agency's website at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about IRVE-3 and the HIAD project, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/hiad

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Degradation Free Spectrometers (DFS) Sounding Rocket

The July 24, 2012 Degradation Free Spectrometers (DFS) sounding rocket mission's ultimate objective is to significantly advance the state of the art in short wavelength observing solar spectrometers to permit more detailed investigation and understanding of the physics, and hence behavior, of our dynamic sun. Such spectrometers must be capable of high cadence measurements of the highly variable Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) solar flux and have minimal degradation over multi-year time scales while observing the sun 24/7, in order to improve previous state of the art instruments such as the still active SEM instrument on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft launched in December of 1995.

The present flight will carry two newly developed spectrometers which meet the observational challenge and will be proven flight ready on the present mission and are discussed below. This is also a calibration flight. The mission carries a clone of the SOHO Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Monitor (SEM) which is calibrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, both before and after flight, to provide a calibration check on the on-orbit SEM. This on-orbit SOHO instrument is observing the sun from the La Grange point along the Earth-Sun line where the solar gravitational pull on the spacecraft is equal and opposite to the gravitational pull of the Earth. This position is about 1% of the distance from the Earth to the sun, or about one million miles from Earth, well outside the Earth's atmosphere and also outside the Earth's magnetic field. The current sounding rocket payload also carries rare gas ionization cells which integrate the solar flux over much of the EUV spectral range to provide independent absolute solar flux data, which will help to validate the underflight calibration data.

Launch is currently scheduled for July 24 1:11 p.m. MDT at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/dfs.html

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/669923main_DFS.pdf

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25.07.2012 / 08:35   Пуск геофизической ракеты в США

24 июля 2012 года в 19:17 UTC (23:17 мск) с ракетного полигона "Уайт-Сэндс", шт. Нью-Мексико, США, специалистами NASA осуществлен пуск геофизической ракеты Black Brant-IX (полетное задание NASA 36.263US). Основной задачей пуска являлось изучение ультрафиолетового и рентгеновского излучения Солнца. Размещенное в возвращаемой капсуле оборудование было создано сотрудниками Южнокалифорнийского Университета под руководством Даррелла Джуджи (Darrell Judge). Максимальная высота подъема ракеты составила 324 км.

     - К.И.

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=29394.0

SMARAGD
Friday 27 July 10:00 to 14:00 CET
http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/smaragd.php/

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http://www.spacenews.com/launch/120726-armadillo-granted-faa-license.html

Thu, 26 July, 2012
Armadillo Aerospace Granted FAA Launch License

By Debra Werner

 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Armadillo Aerospace plans to conduct the first flight of its new reusable suborbital rocket in late August under a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) license awarded July 26. George Nield, FAA associate administrator for space transportation, awarded a two-year commercial operator launch license to Neil Milburn, Armadillo's vice president of program management, at the NewSpace conference here.

 During the first flight of the Suborbital Transport with Inertial Guidance (STIG) B rocket, Armadillo plans to carry two research payloads above 100 kilometers to provide the experiments with 2.5 to three minutes in microgravity, Milburn said. The launch is expected to occur Aug. 25 or Aug. 26.

 The payloads are being provided by Indiana's Purdue University and Germany's Vega Space, which is providing a payload built by the German Technical University Braunschweig.

 Heath, Texas-based Armadillo intends to use the August flight from New Mexico's Spaceport America to demonstrate the capability of the STIG B rocket to potential customers and to qualify for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, Milburn said. The STIG B flight will be the first licensed flight from Spaceport America, Nield said. However, Armadillo conducted four test flights under an FAA license waiver available for small rockets, Milburn said.

 NASA has selected seven companies to fly technology payloads to suborbital space as part of its Flight Opportunities Program. In addition to Armadillo Aerospace, the participants are: Near Space Corp., Tillamook, Ore.; Masten Space Systems, Mojave, Calif.; Up Aerospace Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Virgin Galactic, Las Cruces, N.M.; Whittinghill Aerospace, Camarillo, Calif.; and XCOR Aerospace, Mojave, Calif.

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=29646.msg939655#msg939655

Fuji пишет:

Launch was successful

-S-310-41 Launch test was successful (Japanese page)
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/topics/topics/2012/0807_s310-41.shtml

- Reentry Demonstration Plan of Flare-type Membrane Aeroshell for Atmospheric Entry Vehicle using a Sounding Rocket
http://gd.isas.jaxa.jp/~kzyamada/MAAC/2011/publication/2011_0525_AIAA-S-MAAC.pdf

-S-310 rocket
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/rockets/sounding/s310.shtml

Note:


fig02.jpg is 2 second after separation (from rocketcam).


fig03.jpg is 26 second after separation (from backside camera).

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=5060.msg944123#msg944123

Galactic Penguin SST пишет:

While the payload is still unknown (it could be even not a satellite and being launched on a sub-orbital trajectory), the CZ-2C at TSLC seems to be set for launch on September 1.

http://www.9ifly.cn/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=8057&pid=216952&fromuid=19646

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http://www.examiner.com/article/military-rocket-launch-from-virginia-postponed

Military rocket launch from Virginia postponed

 NASA
 September 8, 2012
 By: Keith Stein



The launch of a Terrier-Lynx suborbital sounding rocket for the Department of Defense, from Wallops Island, Va., was postponed Saturday night because of inclement weather, NASA said in a statement. The rocket is using NASA's launch range on Wallops Island.

The agency has rescheduled the launch for Tuesday between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. EDT. The rocket may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region once it is launched. NASA provided no further details on the mission objective.

"This launch will not be shown live on the Internet, nor will launch status updates be provided once the countdown begins," the space agency said. "The NASA Visitor Center will not be open for viewing the launch."

The Terrier-Lynx is the second rocket launch postponed this week at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.

On Thursday, NASA had to delay the flight test of a Talos-Terrier-Oriole suborbital rocket due to technical issues. During testing, a problem was discovered in the payload that would have interfered with transmission of data during flight, the space agency said.

This will be the first flight of the Talos-Terrier-Oriole rocket, which is being developed to support high altitude space science research. A new launch date has not yet been determined for the mission.

[Salo]

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11281.msg953893#msg953893

The first of two Terrier Lynx rockets was launched Sep 12 between 0000 and 0200 UTC:

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/11/4810698/rocket-launch-completed-from-wallops.html

These launches are just referred to as 'for DoD' - does anyone have any more info? Some earlier Terrier Lynx launches were for the now-ended ABL program - not clear if these are Missile Defense Agency targets or
something for the Navy ...

Rocket Launch Completed from Wallops Flight Facility[/size]
By NASA
Published: Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2012 - 6:38 pm

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Sept. 11, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- A launch of Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket was completed this evening for the Department of Defense from NASA's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO)

A second Terrier-Lynx is scheduled for launch between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m., September 15. The rocket may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.

A map showing the area in which the rocket launch may be visible is available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/wallops

This launch will not be shown live on the Internet nor will launch status updates be provided once the countdown begins. The NASA Visitor Center will not be open for viewing the launch.

SOURCE NASA

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/11/4810698/rocket-launch-completed-from-wallops.html#storylink=cpy[/size]

[ZOOR]

http://www.zarya.info/Calendar.php осторожно говорит о возможном очередном мучении обезьянки

2012 Sep 26
Kavoshgar 5 Bio-capsule Potential Launch
Kavoshgar LV, Semnan, Iran

Second attempt at a sub-orbital launch to about 120 km altitude of small payload including a Rhesus monkey. The payload is expected to land about 90 km downrange from the launch site. The payload carrier was tested during the Kavoshgar 4 mission 2011 March.

The original Kavoshgar 5 launch attempt failed and resulted in death of the test subject 2011 September. The nature of the failure is not known.

The date is approximate and should be treated as "No Earlier Than" - this entry will be updated when information becomes available.

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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/Brodell2.html


RockSat-X launches; next launch Sept. 22
09.21.12
 
RockSat-X launches from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Va., Sept. 21.WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – NASA successfully launched four university experiments this morning on a Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket from the agency's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Launched at 7:16:30 a.m. EDT, the rocket lofted the experiments to an altitude of 95.4 miles. The experiments have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean and they will be delivered to the university teams this afternoon at Wallops.

The launch was part of the RockSat-X educational project, which is designed to provide students hands-on experience in designing, fabricating, testing and conducting experiments for space flight. The project is a joint effort between NASA and the Colorado Space Grant Consortium.

The participating schools for this year's RockSat-X launch are from Baylor University in Waco, Texas; University of Colorado at Boulder; the University of Puerto Rico; and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg.

The University of Puerto Rico flew a mass spectrometer to conduct an analysis of atmospheric particles and pressure. Virginia Tech and Baylor universities teamed up to measure nitric oxide and atmospheric dust. The University of Colorado at Boulder is testing a device to assist in de-orbiting small spacecraft and the Colorado Space Grant Consortium flew seven cameras to capture all the action in high definition.

The next launch from the Wallops Flight Facility is scheduled between 7 and 10 a.m. EDT, Saturday, September 22.

This will be the first flight of the NASA Talos-Terrier-Oriole which is being developed, using motors that currently exist in the sounding rocket fleet, to support high altitude space science research.

The 3-stage, 65-foot tall vehicle is projected to lift its 1,664 pound payload to approximately 176 miles above the Earth. After a 10 minute flight, the payload is expected land in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles off the Wallops Island coast. The payload will not be recovered.

The Talos-Terrier-Oriole launch may be visible to observers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the three lower counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and southern Delaware.

The NASA Visitor Center at the Wallops Flight Facility will open at 6 a.m. on launch day for public viewing.

The mission will be available live on Ustream beginning at 6 a.m. on launch day at:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-wallops

Mission status on launch day also can be followed on Twitter and Facebook at:
http://www.twitter.com/NASA_Wallops
http://www.facebook.com/NASAWFF

Mission status also is available on the Wallops launch status line at 757-824-2050.

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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/TTOLaunch.html

NASA successfully tests new launch vehicle from WFF

09.22.12
 
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. – NASA successfully tested a new suborbital sounding rocket today, Sept. 22, from the agency's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Launched at 7 a.m. EDT, the Talos-Terrier-Oriole flew to an altitude of 167.4 miles and then reentered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Wallops Island. The payload was not planned to be recovered.

This was the first flight of the 65-foot tall Talos-Terrier-Oriole that is being developed to support high-altitude space science research.

The next launch currently scheduled from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility is no earlier than late October.

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Видео пусков:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=11281.0;attach=457793
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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11281.msg959127#msg959127

Satori птшет:

Brazil launch a FTB (Foguete de Treinamento Básico) - Basic Training Rocket, from the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (CLA) - Alcântara Launching Center, on September 27 at 1111UTC. The launch was part of the 'Operação Falcão V' - Falcon V Operation that aims to test the means on the ground and the technicians, engineering and other professionals involved with this operational area.

The rocket reached a maximum altitude of 31.742 Km in a flight lasting 79 seconds. It took 166 seconds to reach the impact area located at 17.5 Km from the launch base.

jcm пишет:

One source says 1411 Brasilia time. Are you sure you got the sign right on the time zone correction?

Satori пишет:

You're right Jonathan, I didn't. It's 1711UTC.

jcm пишет:

I hadn't paid attention to the FTB rocket before (it's endoatmospheric of course, but its sibling FTI is mesospheric)
I've added a launch list at http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/launch/FTB
based on the wonderful data at the excellent brazilianspace.blogspot.com

Satori пишет:

You should also «read» this one http://panoramaespacial.blogspot.pt/

jcm пишет:

Thanks - it reminds me to mention the launch of HiFire 3 from Andoya
on a VS-30/Orion on Sep 13.

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CaNoRock 6 launch 27.09.2012 09:17:56 UTC

Canadian & Norwegian student rocket programme.
Andoya Rocket Range

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11281.msg961886#msg961886

Satori пишет:

A very interesting record of suborbital missions using Brazilian rockets can be found at http://brazilianspace.blogspot.pt/2012/10/a-historia-dos-foguetes-brasileiros-em.html . This is the complete list of all non-Brazilian missions launched from other countries.

This is in Portuguese, so if someone needs any help in translation just tell me.

[Старый]

Не нашёл где там комплит лист...

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Armadillo's STIG-B Suborbital Rocket Suffers another Abort

Nov. 6, 2012

Armadillo Aerospace, the Heath, Texas-company gunning to fly NASA-funded suborbital payloads on its reusable STIG-B rocket, conducted a Nov. 3 test launch in New Mexico that fell short of expectations.

http://www.spacenews.com/article/armadillos-stig-b-suborbital-rocket-suffers-another-abort#.UJkxQmJAcqE