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Target missile. Year: 1999. Family: Minuteman. Country: USA. Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 surplus Minuteman 2 SR19AJ1 motor air-dropped from a C-130 transport. Similar to the SVC AltAir concept. Manufacturer: Coleman. Launches: 2. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 50.00%. First Launch Date: 1997-01-30. Last Launch Date: 1999-03-31. Launch data is: continuing. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 267.000 kN (60,023 lbf). Total Mass: 8,000 kg (17,600 lb). Core Diameter: 1.32 m (4.33 ft). Total Length: 6.00 m (19.60 ft).
SR19 Chronology 1997 January 30 - Launch Site: Point Mugu. Launch Vehicle: SR19. FAILURE: The booster, while on a proper guidance trajectory, was destructed at 28 seconds due to a flight control anomaly. - AltAir (Have Gold) Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF NAIC. Apogee: 15 km (9 mi). References: 1911.
1999 March 31 - 00:15 GMT - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Pad: C-130. Launch Vehicle: SR19. LV Configuration: SR19 14. - SRALT/MBRV-3 Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA/USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 1844.
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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