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FFAR
AKA: Mighty Mouse. Status: Active. First Launch: 1946-05-01. Last Launch: 1998-10-07. Number: 6 . Payload: 1.60 kg (3.50 lb). Thrust: 4.02 kN (904 lbf). Gross mass: 8.40 kg (18.50 lb). Height: 1.22 m (4.00 ft). Diameter: 0.0700 m (0.2290 ft). Span: 0.18 m (0.59 ft). Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
Recurring Price $: 0.001 million. Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Maximum speed: 4,190 kph (2,600 mph).
| Double FFAR American test vehicle. Two stage vehicle consisting of two FFAR Mk7 motors in tandem. |
| Mk7 Multiple-source solid rocket engine. Double FFAR second stage. |
| Rockair American sounding rocket. The Rockair technique (research rocket launched from aircraft) was developed by the Office of Naval Research and the University of Maryland. A 2.75-inch FFAR rocket was fired from a Navy F2H-2 Banshee aircraft to an altitude of approximately 60,000 m. |
| HAEC Australian two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Demon + 1 x HAEC FFAR. |
Country: USA. Engines: SR105. Propellants: Solid. Launch Sites: Wallops Island. Stages: Mk7. Agency: NOTS. Bibliography: 2.
1946 May 1 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.
1946 July 1 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.
1947 February 11 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.
1947 April 28 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Double FFAR.
1947 April 28 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.
1947 November 14 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Double FFAR.
1954 December 20 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.
1955 August 16 - . Launch Site: NAOTS. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Rockair. FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USN.
Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
First successful demonstration of Rockair technique (resarch rocket launched from aircraft) by ONR and University of Maryland team, a 2.75-inch FFAR rocket fired from a Navy F2H-2 aircraft to an altitude of approximately 180,000 feet. Rockair technique first suggested by Herman Oberth (1929) and others.
1955 August 16 - . Launch Site: NAOTS. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Rockair. FAILURE: Failure.
1955 August 16 - . Launch Site: NAOTS. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Rockair.
1955 November 1 - . Launch Site: NAOTS. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Rockair. FAILURE: Failure.
1955 November 1 - . Launch Site: NAOTS. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Rockair. FAILURE: Failure.
1964 - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: HAEC.
1964 - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: HAEC.
1965 - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: HAEC.
1965 - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: HAEC.
1966 - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: HAEC.
1966 - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: HAEC.
1998 October 7 - . 13:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.
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