Wake Island
Wake Island
Credit - © Mark Wade
Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: USA. Latitude: 19°17'24" N. Longitude: 166°37'05" E.

US Pacific test vehicle launch site. In use from 1974 for launches of re-entry test vehicles and anti-ballistic missile targets.

Wake Island Chronology and Launch Log
  • 1974 February 13 - HAVE MILL 1 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Athena H. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1974 March 9 - HAVE MILL 2 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Athena H. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1974 March 24 - HAVE MILL 3 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Athena H. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1974 May 19 - HAVE MILL 4 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Athena H. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1974 May 29 - HAVE MILL 5 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Athena H. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1974 June 13 - HAVE MILL 6 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Athena H. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1974 June 23 - HAVE MILL 7 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Athena H. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 1992 October 16 - Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Launch Vehicle: Castor-Orbus. Failure.. Castor-Orbus SPFE 6 Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

  • 1993 January 28 - Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Launch Vehicle: HPB. HPB TCMP 1B Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).

  • 1993 February 11 - Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Launch Vehicle: HPB. Failure. HPB TCMP 1C? Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi).

  • 1996 July 15 18:21 - Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. Castor 4B TCMP IIB Apogee: 317 km (196 mi).

  • 1997 February 22 - Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. Castor 4B TCMP II Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

  • 1997 March 1 - Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. Castor 4B TCMP IIC Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

  • 1999 September 6 - TCMP-3A re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

  • 2001 February 20 18:58 - TCMP-3B Sensors mission Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

  • 2002 May 30 02:00 - PAC-3 OT-2a Target mission Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

  • 2004 September 29 - CMP-4A Target mission Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  • 2004 October 6 - CMP-4B Target mission Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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