SpaceLoft
USA
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American commercial suborbital rockets marketed by Up Industries. Data given is for first-launched prototype.
Up Industries marketed launches from Spaceport America in New Mexico for commercial / scientific microgravity research, in-space payload release, meteorological research, atmospheric studies, and university space-launch programs (click here for more regarding educational opportunities. Their turnkey service included complete on-land recovery of experiments and data. Launches were offered for 'hundreds of dollars' and it was said that 16 launches had been booked through the end of 2007.
Payload: 9.00 kg (19.80 lb) to a 130 km altitude.
Subtopics
- SpaceLoft XL American single-stage commercial sounding rocket. Operational, first launch 2006.09.25.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Propellants
- Solid
- Agency
- UP Aerospace, Up Industries
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Chronology
11 events
2006 September 25
20:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: UP Aerospace. Apogee: 12 km (7 mi).
2007 April 28
14:56 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL. FAILURE: Failure.- Test / burial mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: UP Aerospace. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi).
2009 May 2
14:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- Education Launch - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
2010 May 4
12:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- SpaceLoft SL-4 - . Nation: USA. Agency: UP Aerospace. Apogee: 113 km (70 mi). Microgravity payload.
2011 May 20
13:21 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- SL-5 - . Nation: USA. Education/burial mission.
2012 April 5
14:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- SL-6 - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi). Technology.
2013 June 21
13:57 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- SL-7/FOP-1 - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 119 km (73 mi). UP Aerospace technology mission under NASA's Flight Opportunities Program..
2013 November 12
16:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- SL-8 - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 116 km (72 mi). Technology mission.
2014 October 23
13:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- SL-9 - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi). Microgravity payload..
2018 September 12
14:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- ADEPT - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). Technology mission. Impacted Spaceport America, NM.
2018 September 17
14:09 GMT - . Launch Site: Spaceport America. LV Family: SpaceLoft. Launch Vehicle: SpaceLoft XL.- FOP-5?/Celestis - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). Technology mission. Impacted Spaceport America, NM.