Super Loki Rocket Launch Program

Space Access and Science Experiments

Space Florida in partnership with the Florida Space Institute, and Brevard Community College is the holder of a number of Super Loki Rockets, available for student and teacher scientific projects. The Super Loki Rockets are capable of climbing to altitudes of 60 miles high and are best known for their usage as meteorological sounding rockets. Currently Space Florida is seeking support from student / teacher and research institutions who would like to develop payloads for these Super Loki rockets.

Background:
The Super Loki Dart Meteorological Rocket Systems have been developed to obtain high altitude temperature, density, and wind measurements by means of small inexpensive rocket systems.

The Super Loki Motor and dart system is a two-stage vehicle consisting of a solid-propellant Super Loki rocket motor (SR-110) as the first stage, and a non-propulsive dart (PWN-10D/10X/12A-SB) containing the payload as the second stage. This class of rocket has been used since 1963 to obtain information about the upper atmosphere.

Over twenty thousand successful Super Loki launches have occurred. These include launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida; Wallops Island, Virginia; White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; Ascension Island; Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands; Fort Churchill, Manitoba; Antigua, West Indies; Chilica, Peru; Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Cape Henlopen, Delaware; and Poker Flats, Alaska.

Space Florida Contact:
Pat McCarthy, Director of Spaceport Operations: 321-730-5301 ext. 232