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Aerobee 150 MI

Part of Aerobee

American sounding rocket.

Status: Retired 1985. First Launch: 1968-09-13. Last Launch: 1985-01-17. Number: 20 . Gross mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb). Height: 9.30 m (30.50 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x VAM-17 + 1 x Aerobee 150.

Country: USA. Launch Sites: White Sands, White Sands LC35, Fort Churchill. Stages: Aerobee 150-2, 2.5KS18000. Agency: Aerojet.

1968 September 13 - . 14:31 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Test mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

1968 September 30 - . 19:30 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• GSFC extreme ultraviolet Spec Solar extreme ultraviolet mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 203 km (126 mi).

1968 November 21 - . 19:15 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Solar mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1969 January 31 - . 03:15 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1969 March 3 - . 10:00 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• X-ray background X-ray astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 163 km (101 mi).

1969 April 14 - . 15:36 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Solar mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi).

1969 April 16 - . 16:20 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Solar mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).

1969 May 16 - . 20:20 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• GSFC extreme ultraviolet Spec Solar mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 202 km (125 mi).

1969 June 13 - . 19:00 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Mariner-71 test / aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi).

1969 June 20 - . 05:45 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 181 km (112 mi).

1969 September 17 - . 18:45 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Solar mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 218 km (135 mi).

1969 October 3 - . 02:24 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).

1969 November 4 - . 19:29 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• NRL NE3.215 FDVU Solar extreme ultraviolet mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1969 November 4 - . 20:27 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Solar x-ray mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 181 km (112 mi).
  The rockets achieved expected performance, solar pointing systems functioned properly, payloads were successfully recovered, and preliminary results appeared excellent. The information obtained by the rocket flights on solar emission intensity, filter performance, film response, and exposure time would be available in time to provide a useful and effective feedback into the ATM instruments development program.

1969 December 17 - . 18:30 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Solar mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 204 km (126 mi).

1970 January 25 - . 02:20 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

1970 February 7 - . 05:31 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Infrared Infrared astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi).

1970 March 26 - . 04:44 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• JHU Aurora 8 Aeronomy / aurora mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 163 km (101 mi).

1971 May 28 - . 09:40 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• Ultraviolet astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1985 January 17 - . 15:00 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. Launch Pad: LC35 L-21B. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150 MI.

• JHU Airglow 14 (HUT) Airglow mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

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