Talos Castor

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Talos Castor

Part of Sergeant

American sounding rocket. Two stage sounding rocket consisting of 1 x Talos booster + 1 x Castor

Status: Active. First Launch: 1976-11-19. Last Launch: 2013-09-19. Number: 14 . Gross mass: 8,200 kg (18,000 lb). Height: 16.90 m (55.40 ft). Diameter: 0.76 m (2.49 ft). Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

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Country: USA. Launch Sites: Poker Flat, Woomera, Barking Sands. Stages: Castor 1, Talos Mk 11 Mod 2. Agency: Aerojet.

1976 November 19 - . 04:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

EXCEDE Plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: DNA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1977 September 28 - . 15:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

SPIRE I Infrared background mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: DNA. Apogee: 275 km (170 mi).

1978 October 29 - . 05:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

EXCEDE 1 Active plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi).

1979 October 19 - . 05:46 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

EXCEDE 2 (SPECTRAL) Active plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 128 km (79 mi).

1983 March 19 - . 06:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

ELIAS Aeronomy / aurora mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 305 km (189 mi).

1986 April 8 - . 09:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

SPIRIT I Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 241 km (149 mi).

1991 September 4 - . 05:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

Tungsten dust cloud Target/Release mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 330 km (200 mi). Tungsten dust release for SDIO..

1991 September 12 - . 05:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

Target / release mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 330 km (200 mi). Tungsten dust release for SDIO..

1998 April 17 - . 18:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

Red Crow Flight Experiment Technology test - . Nation: USA. Agency: BMDO, Sandia. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

2007 June 15 - . 02:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

HYCAUSE test - . Nation: USA. Agency: DSTO. Apogee: 530 km (320 mi).

2009 November 5 - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

ARAV C - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. ABM target.

2011 March 9 - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

ARAV-C++ - . Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

2013 May 16 - . 03:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

FTM-19 Target - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). ABM Target. Booster was ARAV-C two-stage vehicle, thought to use Talos and Castor 1 solid motors..

2013 September 19 - . 00:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Talos Castor.

ARAV-C++ FTM-21 Target - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). ABM Target - Aegis Readiness Assessment Vehicle-C++.

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