American sounding rocket. Vehicle consisting 1 x Castor + 1 x Orbus 1, sometimes augmented with a Recruit booster stage.
Failures: 2. Success Rate: 33.33%. First Fail Date: 1992-10-16. Last Fail Date: 1997-10-04. Launch data is: complete.
Status: Retired 1997.
Gross mass: 13,500 kg (29,700 lb).
Height: 16.00 m (52.00 ft).
Diameter: 1.02 m (3.34 ft).
Thrust: 430.00 kN (96,660 lbf).
Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
First Launch: 1992.10.16.
Last Launch: 1997.10.04.
Number: 3 .
More... - Chronology...
Associated Countries
See also
Bibliography
-
McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: here.
Associated Launch Sites
-
Wake Island US Pacific test vehicle launch site. In use from 1974 for launches of re-entry test vehicles and anti-ballistic missile targets. Known to have been used for 18 launches from 1974 to 2004, reaching up to 500 kilometers altitude. More...
-
Nevada Test Site Nuclear test site. Sounding rockets and test vehicles have been launched in support of US nuclear weapons development from the site since the 1950's. More...
Associated Stages
-
Castor 1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 3,852/535 kg. Thrust 286.00 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 247 seconds. More...
-
Starbird-4 Solid rocket stage. 88.00 kN (19,783 lbf) thrust. Mass 500 kg (1,102 lb). More...
Castor-Orbus Chronology
1992 October 16 - .
Launch Site:
Wake Island.
Launch Vehicle:
Castor-Orbus.
LV Configuration: Castor-Orbus-1 SPFE 6.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Re-entry Vehicle test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1997 February 10 - .
06:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Nevada Test Site.
Launch Complex:
Nevada Test Site Area 26.
Launch Vehicle:
Castor-Orbus.
LV Configuration: Castor-Orbus Fusing Test.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1997 October 4 - .
18:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Nevada Test Site.
Launch Complex:
Nevada Test Site Area 26.
Launch Vehicle:
Castor-Orbus.
LV Configuration: Castor-Orbus Fusing Test.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
Home - Browse - Contact
© / Conditions for Use
