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Strypi
American target missile. Family of re-entry vehicle test boosters and anti-missile targets using a Castor first stage with two Recruit strap-ons, plus a range of upper stages.
 Status: Active.  First Launch: 1970-05-26.  Last Launch: 1985-01-01.  Number:  8 . Diameter: 0.79 m (2.59 ft). Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
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Subtopics
|  | Strypi II 2 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor. | 
|  | Strypi IIAR American target missile. Two stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor 2 | 
|  | Strypi IIR American target missile. Two stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor | 
|  | Strypi IV American target missile. Three stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x Star 26 | 
|  | Strypi IVA 3 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x Star 26. | 
|  | Strypi IVR 3 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x Star 26. | 
|  | Strypi IX American target missile. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Castor + 1 x Antares 2 | 
|  | Strypi Tomahawk American target missile. Four stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x ? + 1 x Tomahawk | 
|  | Strypi VI American target missile. Four stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x ? + 1 x ? | 
|  | Strypi VIIAR American target missile. Four stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor 2 + 1 x Alcor + 1 x Alcyone | 
|  | Strypi VIIR American target missile. Four stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x Alcor IB + 1 x Alcyone | 
|  | Strypi XI American target missile. Four stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x Antares 2 + 1 x Star 27 | 
|  | Strypi XIIR 3 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x Orbus 1. | 
|  | Super Strypi American orbital launch vehicle, designed for launch of multiple Cubesat and Nanosat payloads on a single launch. Spin-stablized, as the earlier Strypi sounding rocket, but otherwise using entirely new stages, launch vehicle, and guidance. | 
Family: 
target. 
Country: 
USA. 
Spacecraft: 
Cubesat. 
Launch Sites: 
Poker Flat, 
Barking Sands. 
Stages: 
1.5KS35000, 
Castor 1. 
Agency: 
Sandia. 
Bibliography: 
2. 
1962 July 9 - . 
08:51 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Johnston Island. 
Launch Complex: 
Johnston Island LC1. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi Antares. 
- STARFISH Diag P-4 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: DASA. 
Apogee: 820 km (500 mi). 
1962 July 9 - . 
08:52 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Johnston Island. 
Launch Complex: 
Johnston Island LC1. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi Antares. 
- STARFISH Diag P-2 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: DASA. 
Apogee: 1,100 km (600 mi). 
1962 July 9 - . 
08:55 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Johnston Island. 
Launch Complex: 
Johnston Island LC1. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi Antares. 
- STARFISH Diag P-7 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: DASA. 
Apogee: 1,200 km (700 mi). 
1962 July 9 - . 
08:57 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Johnston Island. 
Launch Complex: 
Johnston Island LC1. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi Antares. 
- STARFISH Diag P-6 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: DASA. 
Apogee: 1,030 km (640 mi). 
1962 July 9 - . 
08:57 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Johnston Island. 
Launch Complex: 
Johnston Island LC1. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi Antares. 
- STARFISH Diag P-3 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: DASA. 
Apogee: 900 km (550 mi). 
1962 October 20 - . 
08:31 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Johnston Island. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi Antares. 
- CHECKMATE Diag P-1 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: DASA. 
Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 
1962 October 20 - . 
08:32 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Johnston Island. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi Antares. 
- CHECKMATE Diag P-5 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: DASA. 
Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 
1966 September 1 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi IV. 
- HALBERD re-entry vehicle test flight - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1968 November 1 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi VI. 
- MTV-I Re-entry Vehicle test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1969? - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi VI. 
- MTV-I Re-entry Vehicle test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1970 May 26 - . 
08:00 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi. 
- BIRDSEED I Duck Plasma gun - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: SAND. 
Apogee: 210 km (130 mi). 
1970 June 1 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi VI. 
- MTV-I Re-entry Vehicle test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1970 June 6 - . 
08:00 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi. 
- BIRDSEED I Egret Plasma gun - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: SAND. 
Apogee: 210 km (130 mi). 
1971 January 29 - . 
23:52 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Eglin. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi. 
- OLIVE (352 kg) Aeronomy mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: USAF. 
Apogee: 190 km (110 mi). 
1971 Nov? - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi. 
- BIRDSEED II BUITRE Plasma gun - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: SAND. 
Apogee: 210 km (130 mi). 
1972 October 15 - . 
15:00 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi VIIAR. 
- RCTV / Art. Aurora Test / electron gun mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: NASA. 
Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 
1974 February 7 - . 
07:41 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Complex: 
Barking Sands LC1. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi IIAR. 
 
FAILURE: Failure. 
- LRL ACS 10 X-ray astronomy mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi). 
1974 March 23 - . 
08:11 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Poker Flat. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi IVA. 
 
FAILURE: Failure. 
- Acanta-Contiga Aurora mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1974 October 1 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi VIIAR. 
 
FAILURE: Failure. 
- MTV-II-1 re-entry vehicle test flight - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 0 km (0 mi). 
1974 November 3 - . 
10:34 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Complex: 
Barking Sands LC1. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi IIR. 
- LRL ACS 11 X-ray astronomy mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 255 km (158 mi). 
1975 March 11 - . 
Launch Site: 
Wallops Island. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi VIIR. 
- MTV-II-2 re-entry vehicle test flight - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 170 km (100 mi). 
1975 September 18 - . 
Launch Site: 
Wallops Island. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi VIIR. 
- NRV Nosetip Recovery Re-entry vehicle test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 170 km (100 mi). A nosetip recovery vehicle was successfully launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, on a STRYPI VII booster and was recovered by the Coast Guard.  This was the first time that a high-performance reentry vehicle had been "soft-landed"(in water) and recovered.  
1976 June 7 - . 
14:24 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi IVR. 
- LASL Buaro - . 
Nation: USA. 
Apogee: 450 km (270 mi). 
1979 February 1 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi. 
- Re-entry Vehicle test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1979 November 13 - . 
04:45 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Poker Flat. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi II. 
- ECHO V Auroral mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: NASA. 
Apogee: 215 km (133 mi). 
1980 September 1 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi. 
- Re-entry Vehicle test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1980 September 1 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi. 
- Re-entry Vehicle test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1985 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi. 
- Re-entry Vehicle test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1987 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Complex: 
Barking Sands LC1. 
 
Launch Pad: LC1?. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi XI. 
- Nation: USA. 
Agency: SDIO. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1988 February 9 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Complex: 
Barking Sands LC1. 
 
Launch Pad: LC1?. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi XI. 
- Reentry test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: SDIO. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1989 January 1 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Complex: 
Barking Sands LC1. 
 
Launch Pad: LC1?. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi XI. 
- THORNY MERIT Reentry test - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: SDIO. 
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1991 February 18 - . 
14:30 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
Launch Complex: 
Barking Sands LC1. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi XI. 
- Bow Shock 2 re-entry vehicle test flight - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: SDIO. 
Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). 
1995 June 26 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi IX. 
 
FAILURE: Failure. 
- ETCE-11 Target mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: USA SMDC. 
 Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1995 June 29 - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi IX. 
- ETCE-12 Target mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: USA SMDC. 
 Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 
1997 February 10 - . 
06:30 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Nevada Test Site. 
Launch Complex: 
Nevada Test Site Area 26. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi XIIR. 
- Test mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 
1997 October 4 - . 
18:30 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Nevada Test Site. 
Launch Complex: 
Nevada Test Site Area 26. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Strypi XIIR. 
 
FAILURE: Failure. 
- Test mission - . 
Nation: USA. 
Agency: Sandia. 
Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 
2015 November 4 - . 
03:45 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Barking Sands. 
LV Family: 
Strypi. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Super Strypi. 
 
FAILURE: Went out of
control during first stage burn and was destroyed. 
- STACEM - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Surveillance. 
 Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- PrintSat - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- Techsat-1 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- EDSN 1 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- EDSN 2 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- EDSN 3 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- EDSN 4 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- EDSN 5 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- EDSN 6 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- EDSN 7 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- EDSN 8 - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
- Argus - . 
Nation: USA. 
Class: Technology. 
 Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. 
Cubesat; lost when first stage failed.. 
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