Single stage solid propellant sounding rocket capable of reaching 95 km altitude.
Rocket vehicle developed for the NASA Sounding Rocket Program to provide rocket-borne measurements of the mesosphere (82-95 km altitude). The payload was housed in an aerodynamic dart.
Apogee: 95 km (59 mi).
First Launch: 2008.05.06.
Last Launch: 2009.12.16.
Number: 3 .
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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...
Mesquito Chronology
2008 May 6 - .
18:08 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Complex:
Wallops Island LA2.
Launch Vehicle:
Mesquito.
LV Configuration: Mesquito NASA 12.066GT.
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Nation: USA. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).
2008 May 7 - .
19:18 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Complex:
Wallops Island LA2.
Launch Vehicle:
Mesquito.
LV Configuration: Mesquito NASA 12.065GT.
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Nation: USA. Apogee: 15 km (9 mi).
2009 December 16 - .
13:46 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Vehicle:
Mesquito.
- NASA 12.068GT - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Langley. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). Summary: Test.
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