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Kiva/Hopi

Launch vehicle · USA

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American sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Kiva + 1 x Hopi. Launched by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory on aeronomy missions 1960-1963.

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Chronology

12 events

1960 June 21

Launch Site: Point Mugu. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • PHOENIX 1 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1960 July 1

Launch Site: Point Mugu. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • PHOENIX 5 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 325 km (201 mi).

1960 August 12

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1960 October 12

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1960 October 27

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1960 December 6

18:44 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • PHOENIX I Ionosphere mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 367 km (228 mi).

1960 December 14

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1960 December 14

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1960 December 16

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1961 May 1

Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • PHOENIX Chaff Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 273 km (169 mi).

1962 August 5

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1963 May 11

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-B. LV Family: Hopi. Launch Vehicle: Kiva/Hopi.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).