2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Gosling IV + 1 x Vela

Four Gosling motors with canted nozzles were used as boosters for the British Thunderbird ramjet surface-to-air missile. 664 Gosling IV motors were supplied for the Thunderbird, Bloodhound, and Seaslug Mark II missiles.

For sounding rocket applications, motors were supplied with in-line nozzles. The Gosling IV had an a all up mass of 256 kg, was 3.00 m long, and 0.254 m in diameter. It produced an average thrust of 124 kN over its 3.15 second burn time.

Manufacturer: WRE. Launches: 9. Failures: 5. Success Rate: 44.44%. First Launch Date: 1964-01-01. Last Launch Date: 1972-01-01. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). Total Mass: 400 kg (880 lb). Core Diameter: 0.26 m (0.85 ft). Total Length: 6.40 m (20.90 ft).

1964 Q3 - Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: LA2. Launch Vehicle: Aero High. FAILURE: Failure.

• Test mission? Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. References: 756.

• Test mission? Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. References: 756.

• Aeronomy mission? Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. References: 756.

• Aeronomy mission Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 1592.

• Aeronomy mission Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 1592.

• Aeronomy mission? Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. References: 756.

• Aeronomy mission Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 178 km (110 mi). References: 1853.

• Aeronomy mission Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 178 km (110 mi). References: 1853.

• Aeronomy mission Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. References: 756.

• McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.