July Suborbital spaceflight in 2008




1 july

1.1 ecoma 2008-2
1.2 great prophet iii
1.3 ecoma 2008-3
1.4 subtec-ii
1.5 ftx-03





july
ecoma 2008-2

the second ecoma mission launched @ 21:30 utc on 7 july. mission used nike-orion rocket launched andøya, study aeronomy. mission flown arr , dlr.


great prophet iii

iran conducted great prophet iii war games during july. these included number of missile launches, several of made suborbital spaceflights. 9 missiles launched on 9 july, including shahab-3. further launches, including shahab-3, reported have occurred on 10 july.


ecoma 2008-3

2008 s third , final ecoma aeronomy mission launched andøya atop nike-orion @ 10:46 utc on 12 july. reached apogee of 123 kilometres (76 mi).


subtec-ii

subtec-ii, technology development flight, launched wallops flight facility on 14 july @ 10:10 utc. terrier 70-improved orion sounding rocket used, derivative of terrier-orion. mission reported have been successful.


ftx-03

ftx-03 missile defence test, conducted on 18 july air force , mda. polaris missile, in stars configuration, launched kodiak island @ 22:47 utc. tracked land , sea based radar systems, , warning satellite systems. intercepts of missile sm-3 , thaad missiles simulated ships in pacific ocean, , ground based systems @ vandenberg air force base, respectively. test successful.








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