Суборбитальные пуски (научные и экспериментальные)

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Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight 4 мин. назад

TOUCHDOWN!!! Looked like the parafoil brought it back quite close to the launch site!

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Запись трансляции пуска EXOS

SARGE Launch - Mission 1

EXOS Aerospace

Трансляция началась 105 минут назад

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 2 мин. назад

Exos Aerospace launched their SARGE reusable sounding rocket around 12:50 pm EST from Spaceport America. Bit of a correction coming off the pad but flew well otherwise and landed under chutes a couple hundred meters from the pad.

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Recovering SARGE - Mission 1

EXOS Aerospace

Трансляция началась 10 минут назад

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The FAA‏Подлинная учетная запись @FAANews 10 мин. назад

.@exosaerosystech conducted an #FAA-licensed launch of multiple payloads from @Spaceport_NM. It was the second #FAA-licensed launch of the #SARGE rocket and the second FAA-licensed launch at the spaceport. http://bit.ly/2T1gI2A  #FAASpace #CommercialSpace

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 2 ч. назад

LAUNCH of SARGE M1 suborbital rocket at 1747 UTC Mar 2

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https://spacenews.com/exos-aerospace-reflies-suborbital-rocket/

Exos Aerospace reflies suborbital rocket
by Jeff Foust — March 7, 2019


Exos Aerospace's SARGE reusable sounding rocket lifts off on its second flight March 2 fr om Spaceport America in New Mexico. Credit: Exos Aerospace webcast

WASHINGTON — Exos Aerospace flew its SARGE reusable sounding rocket for the second time March 2, but winds kept the rocket fr om achieving its planned altitude.

The Texas-based company launched the Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with Guidance, or SARGE, rocket from Spaceport America in New Mexico at about 12:45 p.m. Eastern time March 2. The launch had been scheduled for early January but postponed twice because of issues linked to the partial government shutdown.

The launch, called "Mission 1" by Exos, reflew the same rocket it launched from the spaceport on a "Pathfinder" mission in August 2018. The rocket carried several small research payloads and was intended to reach a peak altitude of 80 kilometers. The rocket, though, reached only a peak altitude of about 20 kilometers before gliding back to a landing about 1.2 kilometers from the launch pad.

John Quinn, chief operating officer of Exos, said in a later email that engine shut down when it hit a lim it for instantaneous impact point (IIP) on its trajectory. The vehicle is designed to shut down its engine during ascent if it runs the risk of impacting outside a "safety circle" seven kilometers in radius around the launch site. That's intended to protect the major buildings at Spaceport America, including the hangar for anchor tenant Virgin Galactic, that are 7.1 kilometers away, and lowers the company's insurance costs.

The rocket's control system wasn't good enough to overcome high winds on ascent that threatened to push the instantaneous impact point outside the safety circle. "As the winds buffeted the rocket the gimbal correction was insufficient to keep it close enough to center of the circle to keep the IIP within the 7 km circle," he wrote.

Despite missing its planned altitude, Quinn said the flight was otherwise successful. "This was a great test. Any flight wh ere Exos and its payload customers can walk away with another set of data and an intact vehicle/payload makes for a good day."

Exos says it will move into regular commercial operations of the SARGE vehicle, but didn't state when their next launch would take place. The company also plans to use SARGE as the basis for an orbital launch vehicle called Jaguar able to place payloads weighing up to 100 kilograms into low Earth orbit.

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REXUS 25

Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 3 ч. назад

The REXUS 25 suborbital microgravity payload was launched 0920 UTC Mar 11 from ESRANGE (Kiruna, Sweden) to 82 km apogee. REXUS is a joint German/Swedish project.

Hamid Pourshaghaghi‏ @h_pourshaghaghi 11 мар.

a nominal liftoff and nominal flight. Apogee of about 81km is reached. Space? or not yet? @RadRadioLab @TUeindhoven @REXUSBEXUS @PR3_Space


11 мар.

payloads have been found. Recover still ongoing @REXUSBEXUS @PR3_Space @RadRadioLab @TUeindhoven


11 мар.

Here we go with the recovery of @PR3_Space




Heino Falcke‏ @hfalcke 11 мар.

Believe it or not, but the payload has been recovered almost unharmed ... #REXUS25 #pr3 @h_pourshaghaghi @RadRadioLab @Radboud_Uni @TUeindhoven @esa (corrected tweet)

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AZURE

NASA Wallops‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops 12 мар.

Assemble, test, launch... launch again! The AZURE mission plans to launch two sounding rockets back to back to help researchers learn about the aurora. The launch window for both rockets opens March 23 from @AndoyaSpace.

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HYDROARC 41/2019 (43)

NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 21, DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   1900Z TO 0030Z COMMENCING DAILY
   23 MAR THRU 10 APR IN AREAS:
   A. BOUND BY
   69-27.0N 16-07.0E, 69-23.0N 16-09.0E,
   69-18.0N 16-03.0E, 69-17.6N 15-59.0E,
   69-21.0N 15-47.0E, 69-24.4N 15-43.0E.
   B. BOUND BY
   69-31.7N 15-33.0E, 69-33.0N 15-41.0E,
   69-29.0N 15-47.0E, 69-28.0N 15-40.0E.
   C. BETWEEN
   69-34.5N 69-30.0N AND 16-05.0E 15-57.0E.
   D. BOUND BY
   72-50.0N 09-20.0E, 72-40.0N 12-00.0E,
   71-50.0N 13-00.0E, 71-20.0N 11-50.0E,
   71-30.0N 10-00.0E, 72-10.0N 08-50.0E.
   E. BOUND BY
   71-40.0N 16-00.0E, 72-10.0N 14-20.0E,
   73-00.0N 14-20.0E, 73-20.0N 16-00.0E,
   73-00.0N 18-00.0E, 72-10.0N 18-00.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110130Z APR 19.

( 200903Z MAR 2019 )

Пусковой период: с 23.03.2019 по 10.04.2019 г.
Пусковое окно: ежедневно с 19:00 до 00:30 UTC

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AZURE

NASA Wallops‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Wallops 51 мин. назад

Rocket Report: The window for the AZURE sounding rocket mission in Norway is open, but upper level winds and poor science conditions prevented a launch over the weekend. The window extends until April 10. https://go.nasa.gov/2IuJq6R 

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Andoya Space Center‏ @AndoyaSpace 17:56 PDT - 5 апр. 2019 г.

NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office and ASC launched two sounding rockets in the AZURE project tonight at 2214 UTC. The two vehicles were launched two minutes apart, reaching 320 km altitude while releasing a visible gas to investigate conditions inside the aurora borealis.

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Massimo‏ @Rainmaker1973 5 ч. назад

This is what a likely rocket launch test created in Nortthen European skies: amazing blue lights among aurora. These are the shots by Frank Olsen from Norway and by Chad Blakley from Sweden on April 5/6 2019 https://buff.ly/2I2pQ52  | https://buff.ly/2G366Mv  [more info to come]

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http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=152853&PHPSESSID=0vgn05f9pqr8u9csv6u2emsg36

Amazing Aurora Phenomena 
Taken by Frank Olsen on April 5, 2019 @ ANDENES, NORWAY



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It was quite a show tonight, when they launched a rocket into space, releasing some chemicals into the atmosphere. It created some awesome light phenomena combined with the northern lights. This rocket has been planned for more than a year. And how lucky we were to be there at the right time. This is just a cell phone photo of the screen of my camera.
Cant wait to edit these pictures. I have a lot of awesome photos of this amazing phenomena. vesteraling@gmail.com

http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=152857&PHPSESSID=0vgn05f9pqr8u9csv6u2emsg36

Aurora And A Rocket Launch! 
Taken by Chad Blakley on April 6, 2019 @ Abisko National Park, Sweden



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Another great night in Abisko! Last night at approximately 25 minutes after midnight we noticed a set of unusual blue lights on the webcam, which at first could only be described as a UFO. As time passed, the blue lights expanded and looked like two giant squid dancing in the northern sky with an impressive aurora display as its backdrop. The combination of the blue light, the auroras and the Suns orange glow on the horizon combined to make on otherworldly scene! I have lived in Abisko for nearly a decade and am still surprised by just how amazing a night in the National Park can be. As a matter of fact, our webcam has been taking a picture every five minutes for nearly 10 years these images are by far the most exciting Ive ever seen it record! What a fantastic way to close out the 2018/19 aurora season!

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http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=152859

AZURE Rocket Trail Deployment Over Norway 
Taken by Jason Ahrns on June 4, 2019 @ Andenes, Norway



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Im one of the scientists working with this launch, so I was stationed up at Alomar Observatory and we knew exactly when to expect it. Even so, we were all stunned by how spectacular the display was, as it unfolded.

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 4 ч. назад

Great pics of the chemical tracer releases from the two AZURE sounding rockets NASA 51.001UE and NASA 51.002UE launched from Andoya, Norway on Apr 5

https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1114412230483816448


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The Black Brant XIA is a three stage sounding rocket that uses Talos and Terrier Mk 70 boost stages and a Black Brant Mk1 sustainer stage. Despite its name, the Black Brant Mk1 is the latest in many versions of the Black Brant, and is really an uprated Black Brant V


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The Black Brant series was a Canadian offshot of the British Skylark sounding rocket design, and first flew from Fort Churchill in Canada in 1959.

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Andøya Space Center / NASA Rocket launch - Azure Programme April 5th 2019

Ole C. Salomonsen

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On April 5th I was out filming the aurora borealis while this happened. I did not know NASA/ASC was gonna launch rocket into the atmoshpere/auroras. A surprise rocket launch! What a sight!

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 · Город Анденес, Норвегия · 

Rocket launch seen fr om Andenes.
It was quite a show last night, when Andøya Space Center launched a rocket into space, releasing some chemicals into the atmosphere. It created some awesome light phenomena combined with the northern lights. This rocket has been planned for more than a year. And how lucky we were to be there at the right time.
This is an animation from 47 photos.

From Spaceweather.com:
"The name of the sounding rocket mission is AZURE--short for Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment. Its goal is to measure winds and currents in the ionosphere, a electrically-charged layer of the Earth's atmosphere wh ere auroras appear.

The twin rockets deployed two chemical tracers: trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and a barium/strontium mixture. These mixtures create colorful clouds that allow researchers to track the flow of neutral and charged particles, respectively. According to NASA, which funded the mission, the chemicals pose no hazard to residents in the region."

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NASA create strange glowing clouds over Norway to study aurora - 4K

Night Lights Films

Опубликовано: 6 апр. 2019 г.

Last night (April 5th 2019) NASA's AZURE mission successfully launched 2 sounding rockets back-to-back from the Andøya Space Center in Norway. They released clouds of glowing tracers into the upper atmosphere (the background green is the real aurora though) to study and track the flow of neutral and charged particles in the ionosphere. Each dot is at a different altitude and notice they migrate at a different speed and direction!

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Short: AZURE rocket launches

Jason A

Опубликовано: 5 апр. 2019 г.

I'm at Alomar Observatory in northern Norway as part of the AZURE mission (Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment). Two rockets were launched from Andøya Space Center, and my part was to help with optical observations from the nearby highpoint here at Alomar Observatory. I've been here a week waiting for both the weather and the science conditions to cooperate for the launch, but the mission has been waiting for a launch much longer than that - they tried to launch last year but after waiting for two weeks they never found the right conditions, and I think the same might have happened the year before (2017). So this launch was a long time coming.

The AZURE mission used sounding rockets to release these glowing tracer clouds in the upper atmosphere, from around 100km to up to 250km altitude. Observers at the ground sites (like me) then use optical instruments - which are mostly off-the-shelf dSLR cameras - to track the way the clouds move over the next ~30 minutes. This allows investigators to learn about the winds and magnetic fields at these altitudes.

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NASA's AZURE Rocket Launch (time-lapse)

Michael Theusner

Опубликовано: 6 апр. 2019 г.

This is a time-lapse of NASA's AZURE rocket launch to research auroras and the upper atmosphere. I coincidentally witnessed the launch of the two rockets and their beautiful payload deployment travelling on MV Trollfjord on Vestfjord in Norway.
While we were watching the after-effects of a beautiful northern lights display, the rockets were launched from the Andøya Space Center only about 180 km away to the north. We saw two orange dots rise into the sky and disappear. A short while later strange lights and colorful, expanding clouds appeared I first did not have an explanation for. It looked like an alien attack    A quick internet search showed that we had witnessed aurora research conducted by NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/...

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