October Suborbital spaceflight in 2008




1 october

1.1 russian missile tests
1.2 black brant uv astronomy mission
1.3 ur-100 test
1.4 rexus-4





october
russian missile tests

on 11 , 12 november, russia conducted 4 missile tests in space of 2 days. on 11 november, r-29rmu sineva missile launched submarine tula (k-114), in barents sea. next day, rs-12m topol launched plesetsk cosmodrome @ 07:24 utc. @ undisclosed time on same day topol, r-29 vysota , r-29rm shtil launched submarines. r-29 launched zelenograd (k-506), in sea of okhotsk, while r-29rm launched yekaterinburg (k-84), in barents sea. 4 tests reported have been successful.


black brant uv astronomy mission

on 20 october @ 08:39 utc, black brant ix launched lc-36 @ white sands missile range, conduct ultraviolet astronomy mission nasa , navy research laboratory. flight lasted ten minutes, , successful.


ur-100 test

a ur-100n missile test-launched baikonur cosmodrome russian strategic rocket forces on 22 october @ 09:10 utc.


rexus-4

rexus-4 student microgravity flight, launched esrange @ 12:30 utc on 22 october part of rexus programme. nike-orion rocket used. flight conducted swedish space corporation , german aerospace centre, , launch conducted eurolaunch. rocket reached apogee of 175 kilometres.







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