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Sounding rocket. Year: 1980. Family: Long March. Country: China. Status: Out of production. Lightweight two-stage solid propellant sounding rocket. Designation indicates development was authorised in January 1976. Evidently replaced both the HP2 and HP6 from about 1980 on. Used for routine measurement of the upper atmosphere. Manufacturer: Shanghai. Payload: 10 kg (22 lb). to a: 50 km altitude or 3 kg to 70 km suborbital trajectory. Total Mass: 60 kg (132 lb). Core Diameter: 0.15 m (0.49 ft). Total Length: 2.60 m (8.50 ft).
Bibliography and Further Reading - Wen-Rui Hu, Editor, Space Science in China, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, China, 1997.. ISBN: 9056990233. More at amazon.com...
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