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Kookaburra

Launch vehicle · Australia

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

Australian sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Lupus + 1 x Musca

Related

Country
Australia
Stages
Lupus, Musca
Agency
WRE
Bibliography
2

Chronology

40 events

1968 August 16

01:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Met - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 74 km (45 mi).

1968 September 4

10:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Met - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 73 km (45 mi).

1968 September 18

12:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Met - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

1968 October 9

00:26 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Met - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 78 km (48 mi).

1968 October 10

01:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Met - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).

1968 November 7

20:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Met - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi).

1968 November 19

11:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Met - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 73 km (45 mi).

1968 November 20

18:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Met - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

1969 December 9

01:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 73 km (45 mi).

1970 March 6

02:31 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 93 km (57 mi).

1970 March 10

03:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).

1970 March 12

03:48 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

1970 March 16

02:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 38 km (23 mi).

1970 May 21

02:56 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

1970 May 26

03:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 87 km (54 mi).

1970 May 26

14:53 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1970 July 14

03:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

1970 August 31

09:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1970 October 21

09:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1970 October 21

09:39 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1970 November 5

16:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1970 November 6

03:36 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 February 2

02:32 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 March 2

18:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 May 18

02:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 May 18

08:39 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 June 22

02:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 July 19

08:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 July 20

02:48 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 September 21

01:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 October 18

09:39 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1971 November 26

02:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1972 February 23

03:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1972 March 22

03:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1972 April 19

02:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1972 May 18

02:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1972 August 23

02:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1972 September 13

04:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1972 November 15

02:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.

1972 December 13

03:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Musca. Launch Vehicle: Kookaburra.