June 1999. Vehicles launched: S3N, S4N, Z22, Z23, Z24, Z25

June 1999
Trial Campaign

FLIGHT
SCHEDULE 
AND 
MATERIAL
REQUIREMENTS

SECTION
1. FLIGHT SCHEDULE

1.1 FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS

The
June 1999 trial will involve the launch of nine vehicles with various payload
configurations including both recoverable and non-recoverable types. The
launches will be conducted over a two day period from the 12th
to the 13th of June.

Five
launches will be conducted on the night of the 12th of June and will carry
non-recoverable payload modules containing various tracking aids (ie. Flares,
strobe lights etc). These experiments will evaluate the effectiveness of
the tracking systems in obtaining both trajectory and relative velocity
data. The data will be recorded by obtaining photographic time exposures
of the vehicles in flight from a number of remote sites.

The
remaining four vehicles will be launched on the 13th of June. Two of the
vehicles will carry recoverable payload modules containing student experiments.
The third vehicle will also carry a recoverable payload module and will
contain DSTO IR-flare experiment. The fourth vehicle will test the flight
worthiness (ie. structural integrity) of a Zuni two stage separation system.
This experiment will carry an inert second stage and payload section. No
separation of the two stages will take place in this test.

 

1.2
PRELIMINARY FLIGHT SCHEDULE

The
flight schedule for the June 1999 trial is as follows:

 

 

SECTION
2. MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1
ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The
organisations and individuals preparing experiments for this trial are
responsible for all material and construction costs for their payloads.
ASRI will provide technical assistance for interfacing experiments to the
recoverable payload modules.

To
prepare the recoverable payload modules for flight approximately 400mm
of 140 mm diameter Aluminium alloy bar will be required. In addition, approximately
$150.00 will be required to purchase various miscellaneous items such as
steel cable, bolts, copper crimps, electrical wire and for any last minute
machining operations required to prepare the payload modules for flight.

It
is vitally important that all the payloads be prepared and delivered to
ASRI for inspection and integration by the 30th of April 1999. Payloads
delivered after this date will not fly in the June 99 trial campaign.