List of UP Aerospace launches

UP Aerospace conducted its first launch on 25 September 2006 from Spaceport America in Upham, New Mexico. Since then, numerous other launches, mostly successful, have been conducted from the company's launch complex at Spaceport America.

Launch	Date (UTC)	Vehicle	Payload	Launch pad	Result	Remarks
1	SL-1 September 25, 2006[1]	SpaceLoft XL	Various	UA launch tower	Failure	The [unsuccessful] maiden launch of a SpaceLoft XL rocket by UP Aerospace.[2] It veered off course and lost control shortly after lift-off.[1]
2	SL-2 April 28, 2007	SpaceLoft XL	Celestis and other payloads	UA launch tower	Success	The first successful launch, a second Spaceloft XL, primarily carried cremated human remains, including those of astronaut Gordon Cooper and Star Trek actor James Doohan.[3]
3	December 19, 2007[4][5]	Proprietary test vehicle	Technology Demonstration	UA launch tower	Success	Low-altitude atmospheric test flight not intended to reach space. Reached a maximum altitude of 2,500 feet.[6][5]
4	December 2007 [7]	Space plane prototype[8]	None	UA launch tower	Success	Proprietary technology launch for Lockheed Martin.
5	August 12, 2008 [9]	Space plane prototype	None	UA launch tower	Success (Spaceport America & UP Aerospace view)[9] Anomalous (Lockheed-Martin view)[8]	Proprietary technology launch for Lockheed Martin.
6	SL-3 May 2, 2009 [10]	SpaceLoft XL	New Mexico student payloads Celestis Discovery	UA launch tower	Anomalous	"Education opportunity for New Mexico students to design experiments that use the environment of suborbital space to answer scientific and engineering questions".[11] The craft failed to reach space.[12][13]
7	August 4, 2009 [14]	Black Watch[15]	ground-launched UAV prototype [16]	UA launch tower	Success	Test flight launch for Florida-based Moog-FTS.[14]
8	10 October 2009 [14]	"reusable rocket plane"[17]	Lockheed proprietary payload	UA launch tower	Success	Test of "proprietary advanced launch technologies" for Lockheed Martin.[14]
9	SL-4 May 4, 2010	SpaceLoft XL	Various	UA launch tower	Success	UP Aerospace successfully launched the 4th SpaceLoft Rocket 70 miles into space. The vehicle spent four minutes in the weightlessness of space before landing on the neighboring White Sands Missile Range.
10	SL-5 May 20, 2011	SpaceLoft XL	Various	UA launch tower	Success	The vehicle performed a flawless mission reaching a Spaceport America record setting altitude of 73.5 miles (118 km) into space.[18]
11	SL-6 April 5, 2012	SpaceLoft XL	Various	UA launch tower	Success	Included first launch of experimental payloads for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, and Department of Defense experiments.[19]
12	SL-7 June 21, 2013	SpaceLoft XL	NASA (Flight Opportunities Program)	UA launch tower	Success	First fully manifested launch for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program. Set new Spaceport America altitude record of 73.9 miles.[19]
13	SL-8 November 12, 2013	SpaceLoft XL	NASA (Flight Opportunities Program)	UA launch tower	Success	Second fully manifested launch for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program. Reached altitude of 384,100 feet (72.75 miles).[19]
14	SL-9 October 23, 2014	SpaceLoft XL	NASA (Flight Opportunities Program)	UA launch tower	Success	Third fully manifested launch for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program. Set new Spaceport America altitude record of 408,035 feet (124.369km/77.25 miles).[19]
15	SL-10 November 6, 2015	SpaceLoft XL	NASA (Flight Opportunities Program)	UA launch tower	Success	First private sounding rocket to demonstrate ejection of independently recovered payloads. Reached an altitude of 120.7 km (74.98 miles).[20]

References

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9. "Up Aerospace, Lockheed Martin Launch" (Press release). New Mexico Spaceport Authority. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
10. "Spaceport America Student Launch Program 2008–2009". New Mexico State University. 2009-03-16. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
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12. "Officials Praise NM Rocket Launch". KOAT. 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
13. "Rocket falls short of altitude goal at space port". KVIA.com. 2009-05-02. Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
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15. Martin, Bob (2009-08-05). "Spaceport launches one, scrubs another". TV news video segment (KRQE channel 13). Retrieved 2009-10-22.
16. "Successful Launch From Spaceport America by Up Aerospace, MOOG-FTS" (Press release). Spaceport America. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
17. David, Leonard (2009-10-15). "Reusable Rocket Plane Soars in Test Flight". space.com. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
18. "Suborbital Rocket Launches Human Remains, Wedding Rings into Space".
19. "UP Aerospace Inc. - Past Missions". UP Aerospace Inc. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
20. "Spaceport America’s 24th Launch – an UP Aerospace SpaceLoft Rocket Demonstrated the Capability to Eject Separate Payloads Requiring Independent Re-entry". Spaceport America. 6 November 2015.