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Talos Castor

Launch vehicle · USA

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

American sounding rocket. Two stage sounding rocket consisting of 1 x Talos booster + 1 x Castor

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Country
USA
Agency
Aerojet

Chronology

14 events

1976 November 19

04:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • EXCEDE Plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: DNA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1977 September 28

15:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • SPIRE I Infrared background mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: DNA. Apogee: 275 km (170 mi).

1978 October 29

05:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • EXCEDE 1 Active plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi).

1979 October 19

05:46 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • EXCEDE 2 (SPECTRAL) Active plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 128 km (79 mi).

1983 March 19

06:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • ELIAS Aeronomy / aurora mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 305 km (189 mi).

1986 April 8

09:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • SPIRIT I Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 241 km (149 mi).

1991 September 4

05:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • Tungsten dust cloud Target/Release mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 330 km (200 mi). Tungsten dust release for SDIO..

1991 September 12

05:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • Target / release mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 330 km (200 mi). Tungsten dust release for SDIO..

1998 April 17

18:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • Red Crow Flight Experiment Technology test - . Nation: USA. Agency: BMDO, Sandia. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

2007 June 15

02:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • HYCAUSE test - . Nation: USA. Agency: DSTO. Apogee: 530 km (320 mi).

2009 November 5

Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • ARAV C - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. ABM target.

2011 March 9

Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • ARAV-C++ - . Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

2013 May 16

03:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • FTM-19 Target - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). ABM Target. Booster was ARAV-C two-stage vehicle, thought to use Talos and Castor 1 solid motors..

2013 September 19

00:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.
  • ARAV-C++ FTM-21 Target - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). ABM Target - Aegis Readiness Assessment Vehicle-C++.