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LA8 Chronology 1966 November 28 - 12:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA ?/SV-1 FAILURE: Failure. Sparta SV-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1966 December 13 - 11:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA 2034/SV-2 Sparta SV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1967 April 20 - 08:37 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA ?/SV-3 Sparta SV-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1967 July 4 - 23:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA 2032/SV-4 Sparta SV-4 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1967 July 24 - 16:43 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA 2009/SV-5 Sparta SV-5 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1967 August 17 - 19:46 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA 2039/SV-6 Sparta SV-6 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1967 September 15 - 16:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA 2012/SV-7 Sparta SV-7 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi). 1967 October 11 - 16:22 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA 2030/SV-8 Sparta SV-8 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi). 1967 October 31 - 13:14 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA 2041/SV-9 Sparta SV-9 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USA. Apogee: 111 km (68 mi). 1967 November 29 - 04:49 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. SPARTA 2029/SV-10 Wresat 1 Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Spacecraft: Wresat. Agency: WRE. Perigee: 198 km (123 mi). Apogee: 1,252 km (777 mi). Inclination: 83.30 deg. Period: 99.30 min. Weapons Research Establishment Satellite; solar radiation, upper atmosphere data. WRESAT 1 launched for upper atmosphere and space research at 1419 h central standard time, from Woomera, South Australia. Launch vehicle based on Redstone. 1970 May 26 - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.316NG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1970 May 29 - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.301UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1970 June 2 - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.302UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1973 November 1 - 15:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.103UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 185 km (114 mi). 1973 November 1 - 17:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.65UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi). 1973 November 6 - 15:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.104UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 167 km (103 mi). 1973 November 9 - 17:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.106UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi). 1973 November 9 - 18:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.105UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi). 1973 November 12 - 14:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.102UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi). 1973 November 12 - 14:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.100DS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 154 km (95 mi). 1974 September 4 - 10:24 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 200 CRL A05.391-1 HISTAR 8 Infrared astronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi). 1974 September 11 - 22:55 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 200 CRL A05.391-2 HISTAR 9 Infrared astronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1974 September 17 - 15:33 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 200 CRL A05.391-3 HISTAR Infrared astronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi). 1977 February 15 - 14:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 200A NASA 26.54UH CAL X-ray study X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 176 km (109 mi). 1977 February 15 - 17:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 200A NASA 26.52DH NRL XR X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 189 km (117 mi). 1977 February 17 - 08:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.124UG JHU UVS (Sirius B) Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 192 km (119 mi). 1977 February 17 - 14:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 200A NASA 26.57GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 197 km (122 mi). 1977 February 21 - 14:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 200A NASA 26.51UG JHU UVT F9 (Alpha Centauri) Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi). 1977 February 21 - 21:06 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.123IS Ultraviolet Extinction Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 177 km (109 mi). 1977 February 23 - 13:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 200A NASA 26.53DH X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 184 km (114 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
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