AUSTRALIAN LAUNCH RECORD (From 1967) Date Launch Vehicle Payload/Comments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Nov 67o Redstone Sparta WRESAT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *29 Nov 68 Europa-1 F-7 STV 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 2 Jul 69 Europa-1 F-8 STV 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *12 Jun 70 Europa-1 F-9 STV 3 * 2 Sep 70 Black Arrow R-2 Orba (X-2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Oct 71o Black Arrow R-3 Prospero (X-3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Jul 73 Skylark 3 AC SL1291 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Jul 74 Skylark 3 AC SL1292 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Feb 75 Skylark 3 AC SL1293 3 Jul 75 Skylark 6 AC SL1295 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Jun 77 Skylark 3 AC SL1298 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Nov 78 Skylark 3 AC SL1296 13 Dec 78 Skylark 3 AC SL1297 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Feb 89 Ausroc I 3 km alt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *22 Oct 92 Ausroc II-1 Frozen LOX valve -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *26 May 95 Ausroc II-2 Frozen LOX presssure regulator (2.4 km alt.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *30 Oct 01 T70O T-Orion 5A Hyshot 1 'Hilary' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *14 Jul 02 NAL 735 NEXST (11% SST Model) 30 Jul 02 T70O HyShot 2 'Hans' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Oct 05 NAL 735 NEXST-1 (11% SST Model) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Mar 06 T70O HyShot 3 *30 Mar 06 T70O HyShot 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Jun 07 Talos-Castor HyCAUSE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 May 09 TO HIFiRE 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Mar 10 TO HIFiRE 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Nov 12 RASTA Mk.1 2.5 km (15cm x 3m, N2O/Wax) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 May 16 VS-30/IO V12 HIFiRE 5B (278 km alt.) +22 Jul 16 RASTA Mk.2 5.5 km (15.6cm x 3.5m, N2O/ABS, 2 kN, nose cone deployed early resulting in impact with ground) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 May 17 ? ? (Black Sky Aerospace) 30 Jun 17 VSB-30 V12 HIFiRE 4 (HyShot V) *25 Sep 17 Wedgetail X 2U Cubesat Simulator (parachute failed to deploy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Sep 18 L3200 V-MAX AIAA UNSW Rocketry Team (910 m) ? Oct 18 ? ? (Woomera) 21 Nov 18 Sighter190 Hypersonix sensor suite, ACSER sensor package, DEKUNA Techologies sensor package (5.18 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Apr 19 Into The Blue AURC Flight 1 (9.75 km) 20 Apr 19 Into The Blue AURC Flight 2 (9.36 km) 20 Apr 19 Minerva AURC (9.39 km) 21 Apr 19 Athena AURC (3.07 km) *29 Jul 19 Ariel F1 One Vision (GPS tracking system), HTP tank over pressurised at T-7 s due to He regulation failure -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Feb 20 Peregrine ATV Test Flight for Raptor Aerospace (8 km) *19 Sep 20 DART F1 TED 01 (DSX-001, DEWC-SP1, payload failed to sep.) *19 Sep 20 DART F2 TED 02 (DSX-001, DEWC-SP2, payload failed to sep.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Jan 21 150 MVP F1 Low Energy Propellant Test, IXI Bioreactor 17 Jan 21 150 MVP F2 High Energy Propellant Test, IXI Bioreactor *16 Sep 21 Hapith I F1 VS01 (caught fire at T-0) Oct 21 ? ? (Woomera) 16 Nov 21 Sighter 150 F1 BITSCore (9 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Mar 22 Sighter 150 F2? Integration of guidance and control 30 Apr 22 Bluewren F1 Test Flight (9.6 km) 26 Jun 22 BB IX 36.347UH Univ. of Wisconsin/HEA (XQC) 6 Jul 22 BB IX 36.339UG Univ. of Colorado/UV-Optical (SISTINE 3) 11 Jul 22 BB IX 36.350UG Univ. of Colorado/UV-Optical (DEUCE 4) *30 Aug 22 DART F3 TED 03/VE2NOM 1 (DSX-002, DEWC-SP3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Nov 23 NASAMS Test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 May 24 SR75-1 Light This Candle! (50 km) 4qt 24 Dorado ? 24 SCIFIRE Test Flight 24 UNA EXPRESS I Test Flight 2? Kestrel I F1 VS02 (Eco Test) 2? Kestrel I F2 VS03 (Eco Test) 2? Kestrel V F1 ? ? Delta Velos F1 Test flight ? Volans 1 Koopman Express -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #md Jan 25o Eris Block 1 F1 TestFlight1 15 Mar 25 HANBIT-Nano ? 1qt 25 KRR F1 Test Flight 1qt 25 Eris MMS 1 Mid 25 HAWK CMP Test flight 4qt 25 HTB F1 Test flight # 25 Aurora F1 Test flight (125 km) 25 Hawk Jr F1 ? 25 S31/S30 ReFEx 25 USB F1 Test Flight # ? Eris Block 2 F1 Test flight # ? Eris Block 2 Caravan 1 # ? Eris HyperSight 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26^ Sirius 1 ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Sirius 13 ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o Orbital Launch * Launch Failure + Partial Failure # Change since beginning of month Aurora Reaction Dynamics RE 102 hybrid rocket engine ACSER Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research AURC Australian University Rocket Competition DEUCE Dual Channel Extreme Ultraviolet Continuum Spectrograph DEWC Defence Electronic Warfare Company CMP Composite DSX DEWC Space Experiment HEA High Energy Astrophysics HIFiRE Hypersonics International Flight Research Experimentation HTB Hypersonic Test Bed IO Improved Orion IXI Interplanetary Exploration Institute KRR Koonibba Rising Rocket KTR Kooniba Test Range NASAMS National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System NEXST National Experimental Supersonic Transport RASTA Recovery And Separation Systems Test Article ReFEx Reusability Flight Experiment SCIFIRE Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment SISTINE Spectrograph for Transition Region Irradiance From Nearby Exoplanet Host Stars SR Sounding Rocket SST Supersonic Transport TED T-Minus Engineering DART TO Terrier Orion T70O Terrier Mk.70 Orion USB Unastella Bravo XQC X-ray Quantum Calorimeter