Суборбитальные пуски (научные и экспериментальные)

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http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/11/05/ventions-rocket-to-launch-from-nasa-wallops/

Ventions Rocket to Launch from NASA Wallops

Posted by Doug Messier on November 5, 2012, at 11:48 am in News

WALLOPS ISLAND, VA (NASA PR) – NASA will support the test flight of a commercial suborbital rocket between 6 and 9 a.m. EST, November 7, from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The backup launch days are November 8 – 14.

Ventions VR-1 is a 10.6 feet tall, 6-inch diameter liquid-fueled rocket from Ventions LLC. It is projected to fly to about 3 miles altitude during its nearly 3.5 minute flight.

The launch may be seen in the Wallops area.

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

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Wallops Island commercial rocket launch postponed
Source: The Virginia Pilot | Nov. 6, 2012

The launch of a commercial suborbital rocket on Wednesday [Nov. 7] from the Wallops Flight Facility has been postponed because of the weather.

The earliest the launch will now happen is Saturday between 6 and 9 a.m., according to a NASA news release.

The Ventions VR-1 is more than 10 feet tall and is about 6 inches in diameter. The liquid-fueled rocket belongs to Ventions LLC. It is expected to achieve an altitude of about 3 miles during a 3.5 minute flight.

http://www.spacenews.com/article/wallops-island-commercial-rocket-launch-postponed#.UJpBdWJAcqE

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Пуск геофизической ракеты в Швеции

                16 ноября 2012 года в 10:45 UTC (14:45 мск) с ракетного полигона Esrange (Швеция) специалистами Шведской космической компании осуществлен пуск геофизической ракеты Improved Orion по программе REXUS-11 (Rocket-borne EXperiments for University Students-11). В ходе полета были проведены эксперименты по микрогравитации, изучению верхних слоев атмосферы и др. Все исследования были подготовлены студентами университетов европейских стран. Максимальная высота подъема ракеты составила ~ 81,2 км.
 
 К.И.

http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/news/2428/

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22.11.2012          Пуск геофизической ракеты в США
       
 21 ноября 2012 года в 10:55 UTC (14:55 мск) с полигона Уайт-Сэндс, шт. Нью-Мексико, США, специалистами NASA осуществлен пуск геофизической ракеты Black Brant-IX (полетное задание NASA 36.260 UG). Основной задачей полета являлось проведение наблюдений в УФ-диапазоне галактики М101. Эксперименты для миссии были подготовлены специалистами Массачусетского университета во главе с доктором Тимоти Куком (Timothy Cook).
 
 Пуск успешный. Высота подъема ракеты составила около 300 км.
 
 К.И.

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http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-5707//year-all/

MAPHEUS-3: Flight-testing furnaces in microgravity

26 November 2012

There are very few ways of conducting experiments without the influence of Earth's gravity. One of these platforms became available on 25 November 2012, when a rocket was launched from the Swedish Esrange Space Center in Kiruna. The high-altitude sounding rocket MAPHEUS-3 (Materialphysikalische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit, Material Physics Experiments under Microgravity Conditions) of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) carried four experiments that were subjected to three and a half minutes of microgravity conditions during the flight. Among other things, the experiments involved melting metal samples in furnaces. The solidified samples were recovered on 26 November 2012 with the help of a snowmobile.

 "If we conduct these experiments on Earth, lift forces are exerted on the molten metals," explains Andreas Meyer from the DLR Institute of Material Physics in Space. "When we conduct experiments in microgravity, we can overcome these and observe physical processes without any interference." The small furnaces began heating the aluminium- rich alloys for the ATLAS diffusion experiment before the rocket was launched. Eighty seconds after MAPHEUS-3 lifted off, the various liquefied components mixed in microgravity. "This is a process about which we still know very little." The 'demixing' of molten metals was also a subject of study during the MAPHEUS-3 campaign. With the DEMIX experiment, scientists investigated the behaviour of copper-cobalt alloys during the melting process. "With the results of the MAPHEUS-3 flight, we can revise the existing models for this process and adjust them accordingly," states Meyer. "This demixing process is employed in industry – and so it is also of interest to this sector to test the current models."

 Fundamental research with a video camera

 For the MEGraMa experiment, researchers from the DLR Institute of Material Physics in Space filmed the impact behaviour of particles with a diameter of less than one millimetre. Four magnets accelerated the spherules in a controlled manner during the flight; in the meantime, a video camera recorded how the spherules lose energy as they collide with one another. "With this, we investigate the behaviour of granular gases," emphasises Institute Director Meyer. "This process is not yet fully understood."

 To prepare for the next flight campaign – MAPHEUS-4 – the rocket also carried a newly developed furnace that was subjected to microgravity conditions. Measuring just 40 by 40 by 20 millimetres, it will melt six samples during a flight scheduled for next year. "The smaller the furnace, the lower the amount of energy needed to heat it up." One advantage of this new furnace is that it is 'transparent' to X-rays, which enables the direct study of the changes in composition taking place in the interior of the liquefied metal samples.

 Recovered by a snowmobile

 The launch was performed by staff from DLR's MObile ROcket BAse (MORABA). "We are, to some extent, responsible for MAPHEUS' 'flight ticket'. In addition to the launch itself, this includes the provision of the launcher and rocket engines, which are developed in-house, as well as the overall integration of the rocket," explains DLR engineer Markus Pinzer. Microgravity was achieved 80 seconds after lift-off at an altitude of 100 kilometres; the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 140 kilometres. After the capsule was returned to Earth by parachute, a team quickly located it, with the experiments on board, and were able to recover it one day after its launch using a snowmobile. "The flight was very challenging, both scientifically and technologically," emphasised Project Manager Martin Siegl from the DLR Institute of Space Systems. "Complex development work on the experiments, a variety of tests and an intensive preparation phase all culminated in those few minutes of flight." Now it is time to evaluate the acquired data and analyse the resolidified metal samples.

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11281.msg986456#msg986456

Satori пишет:

Brazil launch a FTI (Foguete de Treinamento Intermediário - Intermediary Training Rocket) from the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (CLA - Alcântara Launch Center). This launch was part of the Operação Iguaiba (Iguaiba Operation) initiated on November 19 with the objective of launching the VS-30/ORION V10 sounding rocket.

The FTI was launched at 1752UTC on November 29, reaching 52.39 km altitude at T+108 seconds. The flight traveled 82.58 km in 215 seconds.

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11281.msg990196#msg990196

Satori пишет:

Brazil launched the VS-30/Orion V10 on December 8th at 2100UTC. The launch took place from the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara – CLA. Launch had been delayed for 24 hours because of strong winds.

The rocket reached an apogee of 428.12 km and the total flight time was 11 minutes. Total distance traveled was 382.69 km.

http://brazilianspace.blogspot.com/

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Американцы пуск отложили:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sounding-rockets/news/eunis.html

NASA's EUNIS Mission: Six Minutes in the Life of the Sun
12.11.12 

 NOTE: The EUNIS Mission has been delayed until some time in 2013 due to rocket and range issues.


Unlike a conventional image, NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet Normal Incidence Spectrograph will provide what's known as "spectra" such as above, which show lines to highlight which wavelengths of light are brighter than others. That information, in turn, corresponds to which elements are present in the sun's atmosphere and at what temperature. Credit: NASA/EUNIS



The EUNIS team stands in front of the sounding rocket before its second launch on Nov. 6, 2007. The mission will launch again for a six-minute flight to observe the sun on December 15, 2012. Credit: U.S. Navy In December, a NASA mission to study the sun will make its third launch into space for a six-minute flight to gather information about the way material roils through the sun's atmosphere, sometimes causing eruptions and ejections that travel as far as Earth. The launch of the EUNIS mission, short for Extreme Ultraviolet Normal Incidence Spectrograph, is scheduled for Dec. 15, 2012, fr om White Sands, N.M. aboard a Black Brant IX rocket. During its journey, EUNIS will gather a new snapshot of data every 1.2 seconds to track the way material of different temperatures flows through this complex atmosphere, known as the corona.

 A full study of the sun's atmosphere requires watching it fr om space, where one can see the ultraviolet, or UV, rays that simply don't penetrate Earth's atmosphere. Such observations can be done in one of two ways – send up a long-term satellite to keep a constant eye on the sun, or launch a less expensive rocket, known as a sounding rocket, for a six minute trip above Earth's atmosphere to collect data fast and furiously throughout its short trip up to an altitude of 200 miles and back.

 "Six minutes doesn't sound like much," says solar scientist Douglas Rabin who is the principal investigator for EUNIS at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "But with an exposure every 1.2 seconds, we get very good time resolution and a lot of data. So we can observe minute details of how dynamic events on the sun happen over times of two to three minutes."

 Watching the sun at this kind of time cadence helps scientists understand the complex movements of solar material – a heated, charged gas known as plasma – as it heats and cools, rising, sinking and gliding around with every change in temperature. Adding to the complexity of the flows are magnetic fields traveling along with the plasma that also guide the material's movements.

 This writhing atmosphere around the sun powers an array of solar events, many of which stream out into the farthest reaches of the solar system, sometimes disrupting Earth-based technologies along the way.

 "Ultimately all of our research is geared toward addressing key outstanding questions in solar physics including how the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is heated, what drives the solar wind, and how energy is stored and released to cause eruptions," says Jeff Brosius, a solar scientist at the Catholic University of America and a EUNIS co-investigator based at Goddard.

 But teasing out how this energy moves through the corona is not a simple process. Different types of observations and techniques must be combined to truly track how different temperature material courses around.

 The technique that EUNIS uses to observe the sun is known as spectroscopy. Taking pictures of the sun is one very useful form of observation, but it requires looking at just one wavelength of light at a time. A spectrometer on the other hand does not provide imagery, in a conventional way, but gathers information about how much of any given wavelength of light is present, showing spectral "lines" at wavelengths where the sun emits relatively more radiation. Since each spectral line corresponds to a given temperature of material, this provides information about how much plasma of a given temperature is present. Capturing many spectra during the flight will show how the plasma heats and cools over time. Each wavelength also corresponds to a particular element, such as helium or iron, so spectroscopy also provides information about how much of each element is present. Each spectrographic snapshot fr om EUNIS is based on light from a long, narrow sliver running across about third of the visible sun -- nearly 220,000 miles long.

 "Looking at a small slice of the sun at such fast time cadence means we can look at the evolution and flows on the sun in a very direct way," says solar scientist Adrian Daw, the instrument scientist for EUNIS at Goddard.

 Repeated sounding rocket flights offer significant advantages compared to orbital missions in terms of the measurement flexibility. Each separate flight can focus on the specific measurements that are most valuable, adjusting, as necessary, making improvements and emphasizing different aspects of the sun. Improving time cadence, for example, may be necessary to study the dynamics, however this inherently lim its the observational resolution as the instrument gathers less light for any given snapshot of data. This flexibility in emphasis for each flight greatly enhances the scientific return.

 This launch is the third for the EUNIS mission, but the tenth in a line of similar rockets wh ere the predecessor was named SERTS for Solar Extreme-ultraviolet Research Telescope and Spectrograph. On each flight the scientists turned their attention to focusing on a different aspect of their research. During this flight, the instrument will observe a band of extreme ultraviolet light with wavelengths from 525 to 630 Angstroms with better sensitivity and greater spectral resolution than any previous instrument. This set of wavelengths covers a wide range of temperatures, representing solar plasma at 45,000 to 18 million degrees Fahrenheit (25,000 to 10 million Kelvin) which includes the temperature ranges of material from near the sun's surface to the much hotter corona above. Since we do not yet understand why the corona gets hotter the farther it is from the sun – unlike, for example, a fire wh ere the air gets cooler farther away – studying such a wide range is crucial part for understanding that process.

 With a six-minute window, EUNIS is unlikely to see a specific large eruption on the sun such as a solar flare or coronal mass ejection (CME) but since the sun is currently moving into the height of its 11-year cycle, they do expect to see a fairly active sun.

 "The last two times EUNIS flew were in 2006 and 2007," says Daw. "Now the sun is waking up, getting more active and we're going to see a whole different type of activity."
 
Karen C. Fox
 NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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А японцы S-520 17 декабря запустили:

http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/topics/topics/2012/1015_s-520-28.shtml






http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2012/12/20121217_s-520-28_j.html

https://twitter.com/i/#/koumeiShibata/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitpic.com%2Fbqt0hk

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Опубликовано 29.01.2013

A Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket blasted off from Wallops Island today, January 29th 2013 at 22:50 UTC in support of a NASA mission. The rocket released coloured vapours which were filmed and will be analysed to see which is better to use for upcoming launches this year.

From NASA Wallops

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/visions-aurora.html

VISIONS: Seeing the Aurora in a New Light
02.07.13

 UPDATE: VISIONS - A Successful Launch

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 On the night of Feb. 6, 2013, a green aurora appeared in the Alaskan night sky. Conditions were finally right to launch VISIONS. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Chris Perry The VISIONS (VISualizing Ion Outflow via Neutral atom imaging during a Substorm) sounding rocket launched successfully at 3:21 a.m. EST on Feb. 7, 2013 from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Preliminary results show that it was a good flight and Douglas Rowland, the principal investigator for the mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. reported that he thought the data looked "fantastic."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/sets/72157632697652876/

VISIONS: Seeing the Aurora in a New Light

A team of NASA scientists arrived in Poker Flats, Alaska at the end of January, 2013. The team is patiently waiting for the exotic red and green glow of an aurora to illuminate the sky. Instead of simply admiring the view, this group from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center of Greenbelt, Md., and The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, Calif. will launch a sounding rocket up through the Northern Lights. The rocket could launch as early as the night of Feb. 2, 2013, but the team has a two-week window in order to find the perfect launch conditions.

Armed with a series of instruments developed specifically for this mission, the VISIONS (VISualizing Ion Outflow via Neutral atom imaging during a Substorm) rocket will soar high through the arctic sky to study the auroral wind, which is a strong but intermittent stream of oxygen atoms from Earth's atmosphere into outer space. The rocket will survive only fifteen minutes before splashing down in the Arctic Ocean, but the information it obtains will provide answers to some long-standing questions.

VISIONS is studying how oxygen atoms leave Earth's atmosphere under the influence of the aurora. Most of the atmosphere is bound by Earth's gravity, but a small portion of it gets heated enough by the aurora that it can break free, flowing outwards until it reaches near-Earth space. The atoms that form this wind initially travel at about 300 miles per hour -- only one percent of the speed needed to overcome gravity and leave Earth's atmosphere.

The principal investigator for VISIONS, Goddard's Doug Rowland is providing images while the team prepares for launch.

VISIONS is a partnership between NASA Goddard and the Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, Calif. The sounding rocket motors and payload support systems are provided by NASA Wallops Flight Facility, including NSROC, the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract. The Poker Flat Research Range is operated by the University of Alaska under contract to NASA.

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11281.msg1016235#msg1016235

Lewis007 пишет:

 A Terrier-improved-Orion sounding rocket was launched from White Sands on Feb 15.

 The flight tested several technologies to improve pointing control and data collection capabilities during suborbital flights. The primary purpose of the mission was to verify the ground based command uplink equipment from when it was recently moved into a new facility at White Sands. The sounding rocket program also took this opportunity to test technology developments, as well as provide an educational experience for students at the White Sands Middle School.

 source: Wallops Facebook

 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=575541629142609&set=a.220437381319704.76221.191575794205863&type=1&theater

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Интереснейший отчёт по геофизическим ракетам США:
http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/files/Sounding_Rockets_Annual_Report_2012.pdf

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11281.msg1010306#msg1010306

block51 пишет:

В максимальном разрешении:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=11281.0;attach=494377

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=post;quote=1019139;topic=11281.930;num_replies=937;sesc=9a0423f5a22849760a27711b9923826d

jcm пишет:

To complete block51's list, here is the full set of NASA sounding rocket code numbers

1   Aerobee 100  
 2   Arcon
 3   Nike Asp
 4   Aerobee 150
 5   Iris  
 6   Aerobee 300 (Aerobee-Sparrow)
 7   Argo E-5 Jason  (not flown)
 8   Argo D-4 Javelin (HJ Nike Nike Altair)
 9   Skylark
10   Nike Cajun
11   Journeyman (Sergeant-Lance-Lance-Altair)
12   Special Test
13   Nike Aerobee  (Aerobee 170)
14   Nike Apache  
15   Arcas
16   Astrobee 1500  (Aerojet Jr-Alcor)
17   Aerobee 350  (Nike/AJ60-91)
18   Nike Tomahawk
19   Black Brant IVA  
20   Bullpup Cajun
21   Black Brant VB/C
22   Black Brant IIIB
23   Astrobee D
24   M56A1  (A r i e s)
25   Astrobee F
26   Aerobee 200A
27   Nike Black Brant (BB8)
28   Nike Malemute
29   Terrier Malemute
30   Orion
31   Nike Orion
32   Nike Javelin
33   Taurus Orion
34   Taurus Tomahawk
35   Terrer Black Brant Nihka (BB10)
36   Terrier Black Brant (BB 9)
37   Viper 3A
38   Taurus Nike Tomahawk
39   Black Brant XI
40   Black Brant XII
41   Terrier Imp. Orion
42   Terrier Lynx
43   Talos-Taurus-Oriole
44   Talos-Oriole
45   Terrier-Oriole (Oriole II)
46   Terrier-Imp.Malemute
47   Terrier Oriole Nihka (Oriole IIIA)
48   Talos Terrier Oriole (Oriole III)
49   Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka (Oriole IV)

The NASA "12" special test series has included tests using rockets in the above list as well as Aerobee, Nike, Terrier and Taurus booster stages with dummy sustainers, and the Mesquito, Strypi, and Strypi 7AR rockets.

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jcm пишет:

Perhaps worth mentioning here that there have been at least 20 Scud launches and 3 Fateh-110 launches in Syria between Dec 10 and Feb 22, launched by the Syrian regime mostly
from An Nasriyah near Damascus towards Aleppo, causing casualties in rebel areas.
The Scuds probably were mildly exoatmospheric over the 300 km range; not sure if the Fateh-110 goes as high.

Also the first flight of the Israeli Arrow 3 exoatmospheric missile defense interceptor was on Feb 25 from Palmachim.

And on Feb 13, a Terrier Oriole ARAV-B was launched from Kauai and intercepted by an Aegis SM-3.

Looking forward to some more NASA scientific launches!

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Ну и жесть ихние геофизические ракеты! Живо вспомнилось как у нас пытались поставить друг на дружку четыре РСа от Катюши.

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http://brazilianspace.blogspot.com/2013/03/duas-novas-missao-para-foguetes.html
Список всех миссий запланированных на бразильских ракетах в Европе в период с 2013 по 2015 год:

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TEXUS 50           Apr 2013             Esrange          VSB-30
TEXUS 51           Apr 2013             Esrange          VSB-30
WADIS 1            Jun/Jul 2013         Andøya           VS-30
HIFIRE - 7         Sept 2013            Andøya           VSB-30
Scramspace I       Sept 2013            Andøya           VS-30/Orion
MAPHEUS – 4        Oct 2013             Esrange          VS-30
Cryofenix          Nov 2013             Esrange          VSB-30
ICI - 4            Nov/Dec 2013         Andøya           VS-30/Orion
WADIS 2            Jan/Feb 2014         Andøya           VS-30
HIFIRE - 5B        Apr 2014             Andøya           VS-30/Orion
Maxi Dusty-1       Jun/Jul 2014         Andøya           VS-30
HIFIRE - 4         Sept. 2014           Andøya           VSB-30
MAIUS-1            Nov 2014             Esrange          VSB-30
SPIDER-1           Feb/Mar 2015 (?)     Esrange          VSB-30
MASER-13           Feb/Mar 2015 (?)     Esrange          VSB-30
TEXUS 52           Apr 2015 (?)         Esrange          VSB-30
TEXUS 53           Apr 2015 (?)         Esrange          VSB-30
HIFIRE - 8         2015 or 2016 (?)     Andøya           VS-40

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Из п.г.т. Тикси, Булунского р-на, Республика Саха (Якутия) станция ПГО планируются запуски метеорологических ракет МН-300 (длина ракеты – 7988 мм, диаметр – 450 мм, масса не более 1600 кг). На сколько летают, не нашел
http://zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=5574628

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По габаритам и массе примерно соответствует МР-12.
Думаю не менее 200 км.