American sounding rocket. Aerobee 300A used a four-fin Aerobee 150A second stage rather than the older three-fin 150.
Gross mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb).
Height: 9.90 m (32.40 ft).
Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft).
Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
First Launch: 1960.08.03.
Last Launch: 1964.01.29.
Number: 7 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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Aerobee In late 1945 James Van Allen was assigned by John Hopkins University to survey sounding rocket requirements for upper atmosphere research. The V-2 was found to be too heavy and complex. In 1946 Van Allen decided that what was needed was a small rocket, derived from the Aerojet Wac Corporal and the Bumblebee missile developed under a US Navy program. This combination of an Aerojet booster and a Bumblebee second stage was dubbed the Aerobee. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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Aerojet American manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Aerojet, Sacramento, CA, USA. 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...
Associated Stages
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Aerobee 300A-1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 272/153 kg. Thrust 80.00 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 167 seconds. Typical ideal dV=259 m/s; gravity and drag losses = 25 m/s. More...
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Aerobee 150-2 Nitric acid/Aniline propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 700/133 kg. Thrust 17.80 kN. More...
Aerobee 300A Chronology
1960 August 3 - .
15:26 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee 300A.
LV Configuration: Aerobee 300A NASA 06.03UI.
- UM ionospheric Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 415 km (257 mi). Summary: First Sparrowbee sounding rocket launched from Wallops Station, lifting 25 kg University of Michigan payload to 415 km altitude..
1961 March 26 - .
16:54 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee 300A.
LV Configuration: Aerobee 300A NASA 06.04UI.
- UM ionospheric Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 386 km (239 mi). Summary: NASA Aerobee research rocket with University of Michigan payload shot to 406-km altitude from Wallops Station..
1961 December 22 - .
04:24 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee 300A.
LV Configuration: Aerobee 300A NASA 06.05UI.
- UM Ionospheric Ionosphere mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 365 km (226 mi).
1962 November 20 - .
21:41 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee 300A.
LV Configuration: Aerobee 300A NASA 06.06GA.
- Thermosphere Probe 1 Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 345 km (214 mi).
1963 April 18 - .
21:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee 300A.
LV Configuration: Aerobee 300A NASA 06.07GA.
- Thermo Probe 2(AE-A) Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 342 km (212 mi).
1963 July 20 - .
21:54 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee 300A.
LV Configuration: Aerobee 300A NASA 06.08GA.
- Thermosphere Probe 3 Aeronomy / eclipse mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 338 km (210 mi).
1964 January 29 - .
03:09 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee 300A.
LV Configuration: Aerobee 300A NASA 06.09GA.
- Thermosphere probe Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 309 km (192 mi).
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