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Wallops Island LA1 AML

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AML 50K Launcher, Launch Area 1

Country: USA
Launch Vehicles: Black Brant XII, Terrier Improved Orion, Talos Terrier Oriole
Launch Sites: Wallops Island

Chronology

3 events

11:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA1 AML. LV Family: Oriole. Launch Vehicle: Talos Terrier Oriole.

TATEOR/Dummy Nihka SRPO Diagnostic/APRA - . Nation: USA. Agency: GSFC. Apogee: 269 km (167 mi).

03:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA1 AML. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant XII.

CIBER - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 577 km (358 mi).
CIBER near infrared astronomy telescope, sent to its highest ever altitude, to minimize atmospheric emissions contaminating its observations of the cosmic extragalactic background light. The CIBER payload fell in the Atlantic as planned, and was not recovered. CIBER observes in the 0.8-2 micron band.

09:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA1 AML. LV Family: Hawk. Launch Vehicle: Terrier Improved Orion.

NASA 40.106UO - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 118 km (73 mi). RockOn 2013 Education mission.