Mesquito

Mesquito
	The Mesquito sounding rocket
Function	Sounding rocket
Manufacturer	NSROC
Country of origin	United States
Launch history
Status	Active
Launch sites	LC-2, Wallops Island
Total launches	2
Successes	1
Failures	1
First flight	6 May 2008

The Mesquito is an American sounding rocket vehicle developed for the NASA Sounding Rocket Program on Wallops Island, Virginia. The Mesquito was developed to provide rocket-borne measurements of the mesospheric region of the upper atmosphere. An area of great science interest is in the 82–95 km region, where the conventional understanding of atmospherics physics is being challenged.

The Mesquito is a two-stage sounding rocket using a 9-inch-diameter (230 mm) solid propellant rocket motor as the first-stage propulsion device. The non-propulsive second-stage dart contains a free-flying structural body that includes an avionics suite and an experiment space with interface.

The maiden flight occurred on 6 May 2008, from LC-2 at the Wallops Flight Facility.

Launch history

Date	Time (GMT)	S/N	Mission	Outcome	Remarks
2008-05-06	18:00-20:00	12.065	Test	Success	Maiden flight[1]
2008-05-07	18:00-20:00	12.066	Test	Failure	Loss of control following burnout[1]

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References

Flowers, Betty; Rebecca Powell (2008-05-12). "Inside Wallops" (PDF). Volume XX-08, Issue 17. NASA Wallops Flight Facility. p. 2. Retrieved 2008-05-15.

"Sounding Rocket Technology Development". NASA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-20.

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[WFF-08-17-1] Flowers, Betty; Rebecca Powell (2008-05-12). "Inside Wallops" (PDF). Volume XX-08, Issue 17. NASA Wallops Flight Facility. p. 2. Retrieved 2008-05-15.