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During the period 10 - 28 February, 2015 one VSB-30 rocket is planned to be launched from Esrange. The launch will take place between 06.00 - 16.00 during this period. Read more

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M-TeX and MIST Experiments Launched from Alaska The Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Turbulence Experiment, or M-TeX, and the Mesospheric Inversion-layer Stratified Turbulence, or MIST, experiment were successfully conducted the morning of Jan. 26, 2015, from the Poker Flat Research Range,...

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NASA-Funded Rocket Has Six Minutes to Study Solar Heating On Sept. 30, 2014, a sounding rocket will fly up into the sky past Earth's atmosphere that obscures certain wavelengths of light from the sun -- for a 15-minute journey to study what heats up the sun's atmosphere. This is the fourth flight for t...

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The V-2 rocket was first produced on the 16th March, 1942. Read more

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SubTEC-II, a technology development flight, was launched from Wallops Flight Facility on 14 July at 10:10 UTC. A Terrier 70-Improved Orion sounding rocket was used, a derivative of the Terrier-Orion. The mission was reported to have been successful Read more (PDF)

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Blue Streak was a British medium range ballistic missile (MRBM), and later the first stage of the Europa satellite launch vehicle. Blue Streak was cancelled without entering full production. The maiden flight was on the 5th June 1964. A part of the Blue Streak rocket launched on 5 June 1964 from Woom...

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The R-7 (Russian: -7) was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. The R-7 made 28 launches between 1957 and 1961, but was never deployed operationally. A derivative, the R-7A, was deployed from 1960 to 1968. To the West it was known b...

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Experiment Examining a SLICE of the Interstellar Medium When you look up at the stars at night, the space between stars looks empty. But, yes there is something there. Its called the interstellar medium. An experiment from the University of Colorado will fly on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket fro...

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HI-C Sounding Rocket Mission Has Finest Mirrors Ever Made On July 11, NASA scientists will launch into space the highest resolution solar telescope ever to observe the solar corona, the million degree outer solar atmosphere. The instrument, called HI-C for High Resolution Coronal Imager, will f...

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The Tsyklon-3, also known as Tsiklon-3, GRAU index 11K68, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009 [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/...

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Scientists are gearing up to launch a sounding rocket from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. for a five-minute trip to study a global, electrical current called the dynamo sweeping through the ionosphere. The sounding rocket is also called Dynamo. The window for launch is June 24...

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The Convair XSM-16A (later X-11) was the first testbed for what became the Atlas missile. Later the Convair X-12 became a second, more advanced testbed. A total of 12 X-11's were built and tested. The first three were involved in static tests only. X-11 Number 4 and 6, were destroyed in launch acciden...

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The Petrel was a British sounding rocket. The Petrel 1 was 3.34 m long, had a diameter of 19 cm and reached a maximum altitude of 140 kilometres. It was fired from a barrel launcher approximately 18 m long. The Petrel was first launched on June 8, 1967 in South Uist. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

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Rehbar-I or Rehbar-1 was a family member of Pakistan's space launch vehicles, Rehbar Sounding Rocket Program. Rehbar-I was the first rocket launched into outer space by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), on 7 June 1962. Rehbar-I was the Solid fuel rocket with a combina...

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	VSB-30 rocket (Preview) During the period 10 - 28 February, 2015 one VSB-30 rocket is planned to be launched from Esrange. The launch will take place between 06.00 - 16.00 during this period. Read more	Blobrana	0	Feb 2 18:11 2015 by Blobrana
	M-TeX and MIST Experiments (Preview) M-TeX and MIST Experiments Launched from Alaska The Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Turbulence Experiment, or M-TeX, and the Mesospheric Inversion-layer Stratified Turbulence, or MIST, experiment were successfully conducted the morning of Jan. 26, 2015, from the Poker Flat Research Range,...	Blobrana	0	Jan 26 17:53 2015 by Blobrana
	VAULT (Preview) NASA-Funded Rocket Has Six Minutes to Study Solar Heating On Sept. 30, 2014, a sounding rocket will fly up into the sky past Earth's atmosphere that obscures certain wavelengths of light from the sun -- for a 15-minute journey to study what heats up the sun's atmosphere. This is the fourth flight for t...	Blobrana	0	Sep 29 19:48 2014 by Blobrana
	V-2 rocket Missile (Preview) The V-2 rocket was first produced on the 16th March, 1942. Read more	Blobrana	5	Sep 7 14:41 2014 by Blobrana
	SubTEC-II (Preview) SubTEC-II, a technology development flight, was launched from Wallops Flight Facility on 14 July at 10:10 UTC. A Terrier 70-Improved Orion sounding rocket was used, a derivative of the Terrier-Orion. The mission was reported to have been successful Read more (PDF)	Blobrana	0	Jul 13 13:41 2014 by Blobrana
	Blue Streak missile (Preview) Blue Streak was a British medium range ballistic missile (MRBM), and later the first stage of the Europa satellite launch vehicle. Blue Streak was cancelled without entering full production. The maiden flight was on the 5th June 1964. A part of the Blue Streak rocket launched on 5 June 1964 from Woom...	Blobrana	1	Mar 22 10:16 2014 by Blobrana
	R-7 Semyorka (Preview) The R-7 (Russian: -7) was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. The R-7 made 28 launches between 1957 and 1961, but was never deployed operationally. A derivative, the R-7A, was deployed from 1960 to 1968. To the West it was known b...	Blobrana	2	Feb 8 20:18 2014 by Blobrana
	Sub-orbital Local Interstellar Cloud Experiment (Preview) Experiment Examining a SLICE of the Interstellar Medium When you look up at the stars at night, the space between stars looks empty. But, yes there is something there. Its called the interstellar medium. An experiment from the University of Colorado will fly on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket fro...	Blobrana	1	Jul 4 02:24 2013 by Blobrana
	Hi-C Sounding Rocket Experiment (Preview) HI-C Sounding Rocket Mission Has Finest Mirrors Ever Made On July 11, NASA scientists will launch into space the highest resolution solar telescope ever to observe the solar corona, the million degree outer solar atmosphere. The instrument, called HI-C for High Resolution Coronal Imager, will f...	Blobrana	2	Jul 1 21:50 2013 by Blobrana
	Tsyklon-3 rocket (Preview) The Tsyklon-3, also known as Tsiklon-3, GRAU index 11K68, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009 [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/...	Blobrana	0	Jun 24 01:45 2013 by Blobrana
	Dynamo sounding rocket (Preview) Scientists are gearing up to launch a sounding rocket from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. for a five-minute trip to study a global, electrical current called the dynamo sweeping through the ionosphere. The sounding rocket is also called Dynamo. The window for launch is June 24...	Blobrana	0	Jun 21 04:14 2013 by Blobrana
	Atlas missile (Preview) The Convair XSM-16A (later X-11) was the first testbed for what became the Atlas missile. Later the Convair X-12 became a second, more advanced testbed. A total of 12 X-11's were built and tested. The first three were involved in static tests only. X-11 Number 4 and 6, were destroyed in launch acciden...	Blobrana	0	Jun 11 03:19 2013 by Blobrana
	Petrel 1 rocket (Preview) The Petrel was a British sounding rocket. The Petrel 1 was 3.34 m long, had a diameter of 19 cm and reached a maximum altitude of 140 kilometres. It was fired from a barrel launcher approximately 18 m long. The Petrel was first launched on June 8, 1967 in South Uist. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...	Blobrana	0	Jun 8 01:48 2013 by Blobrana
	Rehbar-I rocket (Preview) Rehbar-I or Rehbar-1 was a family member of Pakistan's space launch vehicles, Rehbar Sounding Rocket Program. Rehbar-I was the first rocket launched into outer space by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), on 7 June 1962. Rehbar-I was the Solid fuel rocket with a combina...	Blobrana	0	Jun 7 00:44 2013 by Blobrana
	Xichang sounding rocket (Preview) [url=http://english.cri.cn/6909/2013/05/14/2743s764901.htm]Re...	Blobrana	0	May 14 18:15 2013 by Blobrana
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