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Sounding rocket. Year: 1970. Family: Long March. Country: China. Status: Out of production. Two-stage solid propellant sounding rocket. Evidently used two of the first stage motors developed for the T-7A in tandem. Replaced the T-7 from 1970 on. Used for routine measurement of the upper atmosphere. Payload: 15 kg (33 lb). to a: 60 km altitude or 10 kg to 70 km suborbital trajectory. Total Mass: 330 kg (720 lb). Core Diameter: 0.26 m (0.84 ft). Total Length: 6.60 m (21.60 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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