Folding-Fin Air Rocket, boosted by 1 x Mk7. Unguided fighter weapon, later used as sounding rocket.
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Associated Launch Vehicles
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FFAR American air-to-air rocket. Folding-Fin Air Rocket, boosted by 1 x Mk7. Unguided fighter weapon, later used as sounding rocket. More...
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Double FFAR American test vehicle. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Mk7 + 1 x Mk7 More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Wallops Island Small NASA launch site for sounding rocket launches and occasional Scout launches to orbit. Air launches are conducted from the Drop Zone Wallops Island, 37.00 N 72.0 W. With the last orbital launch in 1985 and the decline in sounding rocket launches, Wallops fell into near-disuse as a launch center. Its fortunes revised with the establishment of Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in 2005 and orbital launches resumed in 2010. More...
FFAR Chronology
1946 May 1 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
FFAR.
- RM-5 Model test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
1946 July 1 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
FFAR.
- RM-5 Model test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
1947 February 11 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
FFAR.
- RM-10 model test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
1947 April 28 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
Double FFAR.
- RM-5 Model test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
1947 April 28 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
FFAR.
- XF-91 model test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
1947 November 14 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
Double FFAR.
- D-558-II model test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
1954 December 20 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
FFAR.
- D37 model test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
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