List of UP Aerospace launches

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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]

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