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Sounding rocket. Year: 1957. Family: Other Suborbital Vehicles. Country: USA. Project Farside was an attempt to reach extreme altitudes with the rockoon concept. Using a four-stage solid-propellant rocket hung below a 106 188-m3 (3 750 000-ft3) balloon, altitudes approaching 6437 km (4000 mi) were reached during the fall of 1957. Farside was a four stage vehicle consisting of 4 x Recruit + 1 x Recruit + 4 x Arrow II + 1 x Arrow II Farside was an Air Force Office of Scientific Research project, using various instruments provided by the University of Maryland. Six rockets were built by Aeronutronic Systems, Inc. Bad telemetry precluded the discovery of the Van Allen belts during the Farside shots near Eniwetok. Launches: 16. Failures: 3. Success Rate: 81.25%. First Launch Date: 1956-11-06. Last Launch Date: 1959-01-01. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 4,500 km (2,700 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 667.000 kN (149,947 lbf). Total Mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb). Core Diameter: 0.46 m (1.50 ft). Total Length: 7.30 m (23.90 ft).
Farside Chronology 1956 November 6 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit. - Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LeRC. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). References: 1713.
1957 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit T55. - Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LeRC. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). References: 1713.
1957 August 7 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit T55. - Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LeRC. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). References: 1713.
1957 September 25 - Launch Site: Eniwetok. Launch Vehicle: Farside. FAILURE: Failure. - Shot 1 Test/Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). References: 1161.
1957 October 3 - Launch Site: Eniwetok. Launch Vehicle: Farside. - Shot 2 Test/Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). References: 1161.
1957 October 7 - Launch Site: Eniwetok. Launch Vehicle: Farside. FAILURE: Failure. - Shot 3 Test/Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 700 km (430 mi). References: 1161.
1957 October 11 - Launch Site: Eniwetok. Launch Vehicle: Farside. FAILURE: Failure. - Shot 4 Test/Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 1161.
1957 October 20 - Launch Site: Eniwetok. Launch Vehicle: Farside. - Shot 5 Test/Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 5,000 km (3,100 mi). References: 1161.
1957 October 22 - Launch Site: Eniwetok. Launch Vehicle: Farside. - Shot 6 Test/Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 5,000 km (3,100 mi). References: 948.
1958 January 31 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit T55. - Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LeRC. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). References: 1713.
1958 March 28 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit T55. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LeRC. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). References: 1713.
1958 July 15 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit T55. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LeRC. Apogee: 14 km (8 mi). References: 1713.
1958 July 24 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit T55. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LeRC. Apogee: 14 km (8 mi). References: 1713.
1958 September 12 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit T55. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LeRC. Apogee: 12 km (7 mi). References: 1713.
1959 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit. - Ogive Stab. Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LaRC. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). References: 1738.
1959 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Farside. Model: Recruit. - Blunt cone Stab. Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSWC. Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi). References: 1738.
Bibliography and Further Reading - 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.
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