LCLV Sounding Rocket
Sounding rocket. Year: 1991. Family: Talos. Country: USA. Manufacturer's Designation: r.

3 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Talos + 1 x Sergeant + 1 x M57A1

Launches: 6. First Launch Date: 1991-02-06. Last Launch Date: 1997-02-23. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). Total Mass: 6,900 kg (15,200 lb). Core Diameter: 0.76 m (2.49 ft). Total Length: 16.50 m (54.10 ft). Flyaway Unit Cost $: 40.000 million. in: 1985 unit dollars.

LCLV Sounding Rocket Chronology

1991 February 6 - 07:29 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: LCLV Sounding Rocket.

  • Target/Active Payload mission Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 510 km (310 mi). References: 1510.
1993 May 23 - 09:17 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC20. Launch Vehicle: LCLV Sounding Rocket. LV Configuration: LCLV Red Tigress 2A.
  • Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: SDIO. Apogee: 378 km (234 mi). References: 1526.
1993 May 28 - 08:34 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC20. Launch Vehicle: LCLV Sounding Rocket. LV Configuration: LCLV Red Tigress 2B.
  • Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: SDIO. Apogee: 390 km (240 mi). References: 1526.
1996 October 16 - 10:41 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: LCLV Sounding Rocket. LV Configuration: LCLV Red Tigress 3.
  • Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: BMDO. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 1508.
1997 February 12 - 21:00 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: LCLV Sounding Rocket. LV Configuration: LCLV MSX CEP 1.
  • MDT IV Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 1770.
1997 February 23 - 10:06 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: LCLV Sounding Rocket. LV Configuration: LCLV MSX CEP 2.
  • MDT III Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 1770.
Bibliography and Further Reading
  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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