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Castor 4A
American sounding rocket. Vehicle consisting 1 x Castor + 1 x Orbus 1, sometimes augmented with a Recruit booster stage.

AKA: Castor-Orbus. Status: Retired 1997. First Launch: 1992-10-16. Last Launch: 1992-10-16. Number: 1 . Thrust: 430.00 kN (96,660 lbf). Gross mass: 13,500 kg (29,700 lb). Height: 16.00 m (52.00 ft). Diameter: 1.02 m (3.34 ft). Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).



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Castor 4B American single stage sounding rocket. Single stage vehicle. First launch 1996.07.15.

Castor-4B M-57A American all solid propellant suborbital launch vehicle.

Castor-Orbus 1 American sounding missile. 2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Castor 4A + 1 x Orbus 1

Maxus The MAXUS microgravity program was a collaboration between Sweden and Germany. The single-stage vehicle developed for the program used a Castor 4B motor, the largest fired from Western Europe.

MRT American target vehicle. Orbital Sciences designates its version using the Castor-4B motor as the Medium-Range Target.

Prospector sounding rocket American sounding rocket. Single stage vehicle.

Country: USA. Launch Sites: Wake Island, Nevada Test Site, Nevada Test Site Area 26. Stages: 1.5KS35000, Castor 1, Orbus 1. Bibliography: 2, 8210.

1991 May 8 - . 03:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus. FAILURE: Failed..
1991 June 18 - . 11:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC20. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Prospector sounding rocket. FAILURE: Failure..
1992 October 16 - . Launch Site: Wake Island. Launch Vehicle: Castor 4A. FAILURE: Failure.
1992 November 8 - . 10:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
1995 November 28 - . 09:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
1996 July 15 - . 18:21 GMT - . Launch Site: Wake Island. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B.
1997 February 22 - . Launch Site: Wake Island. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B.
1997 March 1 - . Launch Site: Wake Island. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B.
1998 November 24 - . 09:53 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
2001 April 29 - . 11:28 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
2003 April 1 - . 06:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
2004 November 22 - . 08:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
2005 April 8 - . 17:30 GMT - . Launch Pad: Pacific Ocean, 22.0 N x 175.0 W. Launch Platform: C-17. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2005 August 4 - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B.
2005 August 18 - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B.
2005 November 18 - . 18:12 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2006 May 2 - . 06:16 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
2006 June 22 - . 22:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2007 June 23 - . 02:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2007 November 15 - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2007 December 17 - . 22:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2008 June 26 - . 02:16 GMT - . Launch Pad: Pacific Ocean, 22 N x 175 W. Launch Platform: C-17. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2008 October 30 - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2009 October 28 - . 04:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2010 March 26 - . 13:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
2010 October 29 - . 03:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2012 June 27 - . 09:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: MRT.
2017 April 7 - . 09:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.
2017 April 7 - . 09:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Castor 4A. Launch Vehicle: Maxus.

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