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Sounding rocket. Country: USA. Status: Active.

Series of commercial suborbital rockets marketed by Up Industries. Data given is for first-launched prototype.

Up Industries marketed launches from Spaceport America in New Mexico for commercial / scientific microgravity research, in-space payload release, meteorological research, atmospheric studies, and university space-launch programs (click here for more regarding educational opportunities. Their turnkey service included complete on-land recovery of experiments and data. Launches were offered for 'hundreds of dollars' and it was said that 16 launches had been booked through the end of 2007.

Manufacturer: Up Industries. Launches: 2. Failures: 2. Success Rate: 0.00%. First Launch Date: 2006-09-25. Last Launch Date: 2007-04-28. Launch data is: continuing. Payload: 9.00 kg (19.80 lb). to a: 130 km suborbital trajectory. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). Core Diameter: 0.22 m (0.71 ft). Total Length: 4.88 m (16.01 ft). Version:

SpaceLoft XL. Status: Active.

Suborbital single-stage commercial rocket.

Launches: 2. Failures: 2. First Launch Date: 2006-09-25. Last Launch Date: 2007-04-28. Payload: 50 kg (110 lb). to a: 225 km suborbital trajectory. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 0 N ( lbf). Total Mass: 400 kg (880 lb). Core Diameter: 0.25 m (0.82 ft). Total Length: 6.10 m (20.00 ft).

  • Stage1: 1 x SpaceLoft XL-1. Gross Mass: 200 kg (440 lb). Motor: 1 x SpaceLoft. Thrust (vac): 45.000 kN (10,116 lbf). Burn time: 14 sec. Length: 4.00 m (13.10 ft). Diameter: 0.27 m (0.88 ft). Propellants: Solid.
SpaceLoft Chronology

2006 September 25 - 20:14 GMT - Spaceport America -. FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: UP Aerospace. Apogee: 12 km (7 mi).

2007 April 28 - 14:56 GMT - Spaceport America -. FAILURE: Failure. Test / burial mission Agency: UP Aerospace. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi).

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