American sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Talos + 1 x M56A1
Failures: 1. First Fail Date: 1993-02-11. Last Fail Date: 1993-02-11.
Status: Retired 1993.
Gross mass: 9,100 kg (20,000 lb).
Height: 14.40 m (47.20 ft).
Diameter: 0.76 m (2.49 ft).
Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).
First Launch: 1990.01.30.
Last Launch: 1993.02.11.
Number: 6 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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Super Chief Series of large sounding rockets developed by Aerojet Space Data using the Talos booster, various upper stages, and Astrobee electronics. 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...
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Poker Flat Sounding rocket launch site. In use from 1969 to present. Poker Flat Rocket Range (PFRR) contains five major launch pads. Pads 1 and 2 each have a 7.5K launcher, pads 3 and 4 each contain 20K MRL launchers, and pad 5 contains a 4K twin boom launcher. Pad 3 is equipped with a moveable launcher enclosure which can be used to protect a rocket on pad 3 and workers from the severe winter weather. More...
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Wake Island US Pacific test vehicle launch site. In use from 1974 for launches of re-entry test vehicles and anti-ballistic missile targets. Known to have been used for 18 launches from 1974 to 2004, reaching up to 500 kilometers altitude. More...
Associated Stages
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M56 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 5,170/466 kg. Thrust 228.40 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 297 seconds. Second stage of Minuteman I. Used as first stage of Aries sounding rocket and various SDI targets in 1980's. More...
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Talos-1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded mass 1,500 kg. Thrust 516.00 kN. The Talos motor was fitted with a conical adapter for mating to the second stage. Differential drag forces caused separation. Four fins were arranged at the aft end in a cruciform configuration and drove the vehicle to approximately one revolution per second burnout roll rate. More...
HPB Chronology
1990 January 30 - .
21:22 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Super Chief.
Launch Vehicle:
HPB.
LV Configuration: HPB GL A26.804.
- TM2-1 test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 422 km (262 mi).
1991 April 12 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Super Chief.
Launch Vehicle:
HPB.
LV Configuration: HPB Firebird 1.
- Target / decoys mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).
1992 March 29 - .
08:07 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Poker Flat.
LV Family:
Super Chief.
Launch Vehicle:
HPB.
LV Configuration: HPB SPIRIT-2.
- Infrared background mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).
1992 April 15 - .
09:09 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Super Chief.
Launch Vehicle:
HPB.
LV Configuration: HPB Firebird 1B.
- Target / decoys mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 450 km (270 mi).
1993 January 28 - .
Launch Site:
Wake Island.
LV Family:
Super Chief.
Launch Vehicle:
HPB.
LV Configuration: HPB TCMP 1B.
- Re-entry Vehicle test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).
1993 February 11 - .
Launch Site:
Wake Island.
LV Family:
Super Chief.
Launch Vehicle:
HPB.
LV Configuration: HPB TCMP 1C?.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Re-entry Vehicle test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi).
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