Code 810: Sounding Rockets Program Office
Code 810: Sounding Rockets Program Office
NASA FUNDS UNIVERSITIES' NEW EXPERIMENTS FOR SUBORBITAL FLIGHT
NASA has selected four universities to conduct suborbital scientific research that is a new step in reinvigorating the agency's sounding rocket science program. Read More...
EMBRY-RIDDLE
UNIVERSITY STUDENT ROCKET LAUNCH 3-22-07
Embry-Riddle University Students launched their "Icarus" rocket from Wallops Island on Mark 22, 2007, at 06:15 EDT. Read More...
CELESTIAL
ACS AIR-BEARING TESTS 3-15-07
The new Celestial Attitude Control System (ACS) is undergoing testing on the air-bearing. A flight test of the system will be conducted in April from White Sands in New Mexico. Future flights of this type of ACS includes the PICTURE mission in July.
BEAM
FORMER INSTRUMENT VIBRATION 3-15-07
The Beam Former Instrument, developed by JEM Engineering under the SBIR program, was prepared for vibration testing. The Beam Former is part of a Phase Array antenna and will be flown on the Sub-TEC payload in the Fall on 2007.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY STUDENT ROCKET 3-15-07
Students from the Air Force Academy were at Wallops for Testing and Evaluation of their payload. All tests were completed without any problems and the vehicle is scheduled for launch in the late Spring 2007.
40.019 UE LABELLE/DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 2-28-07
40.019 UE Black Brant XII was launched from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska on February 28, 2007. This vehicle was the last of ten rockets flown during the January - February launch window. The purpose of this mission is to study the Correlation of High-Frequencies and Auroral Roar Measurements (CHARM). The principal investigator for this mission is Dr. LaBelle of Dartmouth College...Read More
41.062
UE CRAVEN/UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA 2-14-07
41.062 UE Terrier-Orion was successfully launched from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska on February 14, 2007. This vehicle was part of a salvo of four rockets launched in sequence to investigate Mesoscale Drivers for Vertical and Horizontal Winds in the High-Latitude Lower Thermosphere. The principal investigator for this mission is Dr. Craven of the University of Alaska...Read More
41.063 UE CRAVEN/UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA 2-14-07
41.063 UE Terrier-Orion was successfully launched from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska on February 14, 2007. This vehicle was part of a salvo of four rockets launched in sequence to investigate Mesoscale Drivers for Vertical and Horizontal Winds in the High-Latitude Lower Thermosphere. The principal investigator for this mission is Dr. Craven of the University of Alaska...Read More
35.037 UE CRAVEN/UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA 2-14-07
35.037 UE Black Brant X was successfully launched from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska on February 14, 2007. This vehicle was part of a salvo of four rockets launched in sequence to investigate Mesoscale Drivers for Vertical and Horizontal Winds in the High-Latitude Lower Thermosphere. The principal investigator for this mission is Dr. Craven of the University of Alaska...Read More
41.061 UE CRAVEN/UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA 2-14-07
41.061 UE Terrier-Orion was successfully launched from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska on February 14, 2007. This vehicle was part of a salvo of four rockets launched in sequence to investigate Mesoscale Drivers for Vertical and Horizontal Winds in the High-Latitude Lower Thermosphere. The principal investigator for this mission is Dr. Craven of the University of Alaska...Read More
40.020 UE LESSARD/UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2-13-07
40.020 UE Black Brant XII was successfully launched from Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska on February 12, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to investigate various aspects of pulsating aurora. The principal investigator for this mission is Dr. Marc Lessard of the University of New Hampshire...Read More
36.225
UG CHAKRABARTI/BOSTON UNIVERSITY - MIRROR VIBRATION TEST 2-9-07
Vibration test of the mirror for the Planet Imaging Concept Testbed Using a Rocket Experiment (PICTURE) mission...Read More
36.228
MARTI/MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY MOI TEST 2-8-07
Mass Properties measurements were conducted on the Missile Alterantive Range Target Instrument (MARTI) payload in February 2007.
POKER FLAT 2007 CAMPAIGN, January - February 2007
The NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office (SRPO) is sponsoring the 2007
Sounding Rocket Campaign at the Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR). The
campaign has four independent scientific missions designed to study disturbances
in the ionosphere created by interaction of the Sun-Earth system. A series
of 10 sounding rocket vehicles are planned to be launched in January and
February 2007...Read More
Four
sounding rockets, JOULE II mission, were launched on January 19th...Read
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SMALL-SCALE
EDUCATIONAL ROCKETRY INITIATIVE (SERI) LAUNCH
1-25-2007
Wicomico High School, Salisbury, MD launched their third SERI rocket from Wallops Island on January 24, 2007...Read More
36.224 UH CASH/UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO 11-21-2006
36.224 UH Terrier Black Brant was successfully launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on November 21, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to obtain the first soft X-ray spectrum of the entire Cygnus. The Principal Investigator of this mission is Dr. Webster Cash of the University of . . . Read More
36.236 US JUDGE/USC 11-8-2006
36.236 US Terrier Black Brant was launched on November 7, 2006 from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The principal investigator of this mission is Dr. Darrell Judge of the University of Southern California. The purpose of this mission is to measure absolute solar EUV irradiance data in . . . Read More
36.233 UE WOODS/UNIV. OF COLORADO 11-8-2006
36.233 UE Terrier Black Brant was launched on October 28, 2006 from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The principal investigator of this mission is Dr. Tom Woods of the University of Colorado. The purpose of this mission is to provide an underflight calibration for the Solar EUV Experiment. Read More
12.11-8-2006064 GT HICKMAN/NASA/WFF
12.064 GT Black Brant XI (MK1)was successfully launched on September 23, 2006 from Wallops Island, Virginia. The purpose of this mission is to flight qualify the modified Black Brant MK1 igniter in a high altitude dynamic flight environment. The princpal investigator for this mission is Mr. John . . . Read More
36.238 DR AUDENAERT/MDA/THR/DYNETICS 11-8-2006
36.238 DR Terrier Black Brant was successfully launched from White
Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on August 21, 2006. The purpose of
this mission is to present a multi-body dynamic target above 120 km
launched from the North end of WSMR. (Reimbursable launch) The principal
investigator of this . . . Read
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36.237 DR AUDENAERT/MDA/THR/DYNETICS 11-8-2006
36.237 DR Terrier Black Brant was successfully launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on August 25, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to present a multi-body dynamic target above 120 km launched from the North end of WSMR. (Reimbursable launch) The principal investigator of this mission is Mr. William Audenaert of MDA/THR/DYNETICS.
30.067 DR WINSTEAD/NAWC 7-21-2006
30.067 DR Improved-Orion was successfully launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. This was a reimbursable mission. The principal investigator for this mission is Mr. John Winstead of the Naval Air Warfare Center.
30.066 DR WINSTEAD/NAWC 7-21-2006
30.066 DR Improved Orion was successfully launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on July 21, 2006. Mr. John Winstead of the Naval Air Warfare Center is the principal investigator for this mission. This was a reimbursable mission.
41.056 UO WHEELER/PENN STATE UNIVERSITY 7-6-2006
41.056 UO Terrier Mk12 Improved Orion was successfully launched from Andoya Rocket Range, Norway on July 1, 2006. The objective of this mission is to study the interplay between charged and neutral particles. The principal investigator for this mission is Mr. Timothy Wheeler of Penn State University.
41.072 DR WINSTEAD/NAWC/WSMR 6-26-2006
41.072 DR Terrier Improved Orion was successfully launched on Friday, June 23, 2006 from PMRF, Barking Sands, Hawaii. The principal investigator for this mission is Mr. John Winstead of NAWC. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a tracking exercise (MDA TRACKEX).
41.073 DR WINSTEAD/NAWC 6-12-2006
41.073 DR Terrier-Improved Orion was successfully launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on June 5, 2006. This was a reimbursable mission. Mr. John Winstead of NAWC is the principal investigator for this mission
41.074 DR WINSTEAD/NAWC 6-12-2006
41.074 DR Terrier-Improved Orion was successfully launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on June 8, 2006. This was a reimbursable mission - project DUNDEE. Mr. John Winstead of NAWC is the principal investigator for this mission.
41.071 DR WINSTEAD/NAWC 6-12-2006
41.071 Terrier-Improved Orion was successfully launched on June 7, 2006 from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Hawaii. This was a remibursable mission (tracking exercise). The principal investigator for this mission is Mr. John Winstead of the Naval Air Warfare Center.
30.072 NO JUSTIS 6-12-2006
30.072 NO Orion was successfully launched on June 8, 2006 from Wallops Island, Virginia. The purpose of this mission is for students to obtain knowledge of engineering processes, scientific experimentation, and launch operations. Ms. Barbara Justis of NASA/Wallops Flight Facility was the principal investigator for this mission.
