The Ute (TU-715) motor was developed from the Genie motor baseline. Later derivatives were combined with booster or upper stages.
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Associated Launch Vehicles
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Ute Apache American sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Ute + 1 x Apache More...
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Ute American sounding rocket. The Ute (TU-715) motor was developed from the Genie motor baseline. Later derivatives were combined with booster or upper stages. More...
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Paiute Apache American sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Paiute + 1 x Apache More...
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Nike Malemute American sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Nike + 1 x Malemute More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Wallops Island Small NASA launch site for sounding rocket launches and occasional Scout launches to orbit. Air launches are conducted from the Drop Zone Wallops Island, 37.00 N 72.0 W. With the last orbital launch in 1985 and the decline in sounding rocket launches, Wallops fell into near-disuse as a launch center. Its fortunes revised with the establishment of Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in 2005 and orbital launches resumed in 2010. More...
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Poker Flat Sounding rocket launch site. In use from 1969 to present. Poker Flat Rocket Range (PFRR) contains five major launch pads. Pads 1 and 2 each have a 7.5K launcher, pads 3 and 4 each contain 20K MRL launchers, and pad 5 contains a 4K twin boom launcher. Pad 3 is equipped with a moveable launcher enclosure which can be used to protect a rocket on pad 3 and workers from the severe winter weather. More...
Ute Chronology
1972 March 18 - .
09:03 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Ute.
Launch Vehicle:
Ute Apache.
- Aurora / airglow mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NSF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1972 March 28 - .
12:12 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Ute.
Launch Vehicle:
Paiute Apache.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Aurora mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NSF. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).
1974 May 14 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Ute.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Malemute.
LV Configuration: Nike Malemute NASA 28.01GT.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1974 September 24 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Ute.
Launch Vehicle:
Nike Malemute.
LV Configuration: Nike Malemute NASA 28.002GT.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 465 km (288 mi).
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