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SR19/SR19
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Target missile. Year: 1999. Family: Minuteman. Country: USA. 3 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x MLRS + 1 x SR19 + 1 x SR19 Manufacturer: OSC. Launches: 5. First Launch Date: 1999-09-06. Last Launch Date: 2006-04-28. Launch data is: continuing. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 267.000 kN (60,023 lbf). Total Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Core Diameter: 1.32 m (4.33 ft). Total Length: 15.50 m (50.80 ft). SR19/SR19 Chronology 1999 September 6 - Launch Site: Wake Island. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. - TCMP-3A re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1108.
2001 February 20 - 18:58 GMT - Launch Site: Wake Island. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. - TCMP-3B Sensors mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). References: 1108.
2002 May 30 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Site: Wake Island. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. - PAC-3 OT-2a Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). References: 1812.
2006 April 13 - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. - CMCM-1 Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Manufacturer: MIT/LL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). A two-stage SR19 rocket was flown from the Kaui Test Facility in the Pacific Missile Range Facility. The payload included the deployment of complex countermeasures, a mock reentry vehicle, an onboard sensor package. This series of radar certification flight was initially part of the Block 2004 effort.
2006 April 28 - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. - CMCM-2 Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Manufacturer: MIT/LL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). This countermeasures test was a repeat of the one held on April 13, 2006. MDA tested its radars in the Pacific Missile Test Facility in Hawaii against a target missile that carried countermeasures, a mock warhead, and an onboard sensor package. No
interceptor missiles were used.
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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