Red Lake rocket launches

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The Red Lake rocket launches were a series of 33 sounding rocket launches . They took place in February 1979 near the Canadian city ​​of Red Lake and were used to study the effects of the total solar eclipse of February 26, 1979 on the atmosphere.

Launch and infrastructure facilities

For the experiment, two places were prepared: The McMarmac Site or McMarmac launch site ( location ) just north of Red Lake, and the Chukuni Range or Chukuni launch site ( location ) about 30 km south-east, outside the urban area. The Chukuni Range had a launch complex with three launch positions for rockets from the Tomahawk , Nike , Loki , Honest John , Hawk , Black Brant and Arcas series . The McMarmac site had a complex with two starting locations forAstrobee , Loki and Arcas. In addition, there were a number of infrastructure and communication facilities.

After the end of the launch series, these areas were no longer used for space travel purposes.

List of starts

(In brackets) = planned time, information on actual time is missing.
All dates are for February 1979.

No. Day. Time
( UTC ) 		Starting place rocket apogee
Type Identifier plan Is approx.
01 19. 20:38 McMarmac Super Loki CMSL-01 066 km 080 km
02 23rd 6pm McMarmac Super Loki CMSL-02 066 km 080 km
03 24. 15:51 McMarmac Super Loki CMSL-03 066 km 080 km
04th 24. 16:52 Chukuni Nike Tomahawk 18.1020 units 137 km 130 km
05 24. 16:54 Chukuni Super arcas CMSA-01 092 km 080 km
06th 24. 17:22 Chukuni Super arcas CMSA-02 086 km 080 km
07th 25. 5:00 p.m. McMarmac Super arcas CMSA-10 092 km 080 km
08th 25. 5:30 pm Chukuni Super arcas CMSA-05 077 km 080 km
09 25. 18:30 McMarmac Super Loki CMSL-04 086 km 080 km
10 26. 16:28 Chukuni Nike Orion ASL-SE-79A1 133 km 158 km
11 26. 16:28 Chukuni Nike Orion ASL-SE-79B1 150 km 158 km
12 26. (16:28) Chukuni Black Brant VA AMF-VA-51 133 km 132 km
13 26. 16:50 McMarmac Astrobee D 23,010 units 082 km 085 km
14th 26. 16:51 Chukuni Nike Orion A12.9A2 133 km 141 km
15th 26. 16:52 Chukuni Nike Tomahawk 18.1021 units 137 km 132 km
16 26. 16:52 Chukuni Paiute Tomahawk A10.802-1 120 km 115 km
17th 26. 16:53 Chukuni Super arcas CMSA-06 077 km 080 km
18th 26. (16:53) Chukuni Taurus Orion 33,005 units 194 km 200 km
19th 26. (16:53) Chukuni Taurus Orion 33,003 units 184 km 200 km
20th 26. 16:54 Chukuni Nike Tomahawk 18.1022 units 137 km 132 km
21st 26. 17:38 Chukuni Super arcas CMSA-07 077 km 080 km
22nd 26. (17:40) Chukuni Nike Iroquois A10.802-2 200 km 215 km
23 26. 17:41 Chukuni Paiute Tomahawk A07.712-2 120 km 116 km
24 26. 18:40 McMarmac Super arcas CMSA-03 092 km 080 km
25th 26. 19:15 McMarmac Super Loki CMSL-05 066 km 080 km
26th 27. 03:30 Chukuni Super arcas CMSA-08 077 km 080 km
27 27. 04:40 Chukuni Super Loki CMSL-09 066 km 075 km
28 27. 05:30 Chukuni Super Loki CMSL-06 066 km 075 km
29 27. 12:00 McMarmac Astrobee D 23,009 units 082 km 085 km
30th 27. 13:06 Chukuni Super arcas CMSA-09 077 km 080 km
31 27. 14:10 McMarmac Super arcas CMSA-04 092 km 080 km
32 27. 2:40 p.m. Chukuni Super Loki CMSL-10 066 km 075 km
33 27. 15:45 Chukuni Super Loki CMSL-08 066 km 080 km

Sources: See web links

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Red Lake in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English). Here the sum of 23 instead of 33 is incorrectly given for the number of launches, and the missile types Loki and Arcas are missing in the McMarmac summary.
  2. ^ Design of Sounding Rocket Payloads
  3. ↑ Red Lake MCM in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
  4. ↑ a b c Experimental investigation of atmospheric response to the total solar eclipse of February 26, 1979
  5. ↑ Red Lake CHK in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)