Engineering:Malemute

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Malemute is the designation of an American sounding rocket family.[1] The original Malemute had a maximum flight altitude of 165 km, a liftoff thrust of 57.00 kN, a total mass of 100 kg, a diameter of 0.41 m and a total length of 2.40 m.[1] It was a single stage vehicle powered by a Thiokol Malemute TU-758 engine,[1] operated by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL).[1]

It was used for used for conducting upper atmosphere research in various missions to study phenomena such as auroras, ionosphere and cosmic radiation. Over the years more advanced versions were developed.[2][3][4]

Versions

Improved versions exist, with the addition of a second or third stages, and using different first stage engines.[2][3][5][6][7][8]

Version First Stage Second Stage Third Stage
Malemute,[1] Malemute-2 TU-758 - -
Improved Malemute (PAAT)[3] TX-486-1
Improved Malemute Improved Orion (IM/IO) M112
Improved Malemute Improved Malemute (IM/IM) TX-486-1
Terrier Improved Malemute[8][5][9] Terrier MK12
Terrier MK70
S-31 Improved Malemute[10][11] S31
Red Kite Improved Malemute[12] RK
Terrier Malemute[7] Terrier MK12 TU-758
S-31 Improved Malemute Improved Orion[10][11] S31 TX-486-1 M112

Launches

Malemute rockets were launched from Andøya Space Center, ESRANGE, Kauai Test Facility, Tonopah Test Range and White Sands Missile Range.[2]

Date Rocket Version Launch Site Mission
22.07.1976 Malemute Tonopah Test Range Sandia 497-006
24.07.1976 Malemute Tonopah Test Range Sandia 497-007
19.04.1979 Malemute-2 Tonopah Test Range Sandia 497-009
01.07.1999 Malemute-2 Kauai Test Facility TMBD Target (Slugger)
30.06.2016 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center MaxiDusty 1 (IM QUAL 1)
08.07.2016 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center MaxiDusty 1B (IM QUAL 2)
17.02.2018 S-31 Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 7[10][11]
13.04.2018 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center PMWE 1
13.04.2018 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center PMWE 2
20.02.2020 Improved Malemute ESRANGE SPIDER 2
24.05.2021 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 11
12.08.2021 Improved Malemute White Sands Missile Range ET-2 (Economical Target 2)
07.09.2021 Improved Malemute White Sands Missile Range ET-2 (Economical Target 2)
01.10.2021 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center PMWE 3
01.10.2021 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center PMWE 4
06.12.2021 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 10
29.01.2022 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 9
21.10.2022 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 12
23.03.2023 Improved Malemute Improved Orion ESRANGE BROR
22.05.2023 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 13

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Malemute". http://www.astronautix.com/m/malemute.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Malemute" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/malemute.htm. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Imp. Malemute". http://www.astronautix.com/i/impmalemute.html. 
  4. ↑ Koehler, Keith; NASA. "NASA completes investigation of July 2014 Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket failure" (in en). https://phys.org/news/2015-01-nasa-july-terrier-improved-malemute-rocket.html. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NASA Types of Sounding Rockets". https://www.nasa.gov/soundingrockets/vehicles/. 
  6. ↑ "DLR MoRaBa, mission calendar". https://moraba.de/en/current-moraba-missions/missions-calender/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Terrier Malemute". http://www.astronautix.com/t/terriermalemute.html. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Terrier Improved Malemute". http://www.astronautix.com/t/terrierimprovedmalemute.html. 
  9. ↑ (in en) NASA Sounding Rockets User Handbook. Peraton Inc., NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island. May 2023. https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/files/SRHB.pdf. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Barbosa, Rui C. (2018-02-19). "S31-Improved Malemute lança MAPHEUS-7" (in pt-BR). https://orbita.zenite.nu/s31-improved-malemute-lanca-mapheus-7/. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "S-30 Family" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_fam/s-30.htm. 
  12. ↑ "Red Kite" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/red_kite.htm. 




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