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Malemute
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Sounding rocket. Year: 1976. Family: Other Suborbital Vehicles. Country: USA. Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Malemute Manufacturer: Sandia. Launches: 4. First Launch Date: 1976-07-22. Last Launch Date: 1999-07-01. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 57.000 kN (12,814 lbf). Total Mass: 100 kg (220 lb). Core Diameter: 0.41 m (1.34 ft). Total Length: 2.40 m (7.80 ft).
Malemute Chronology 1976 July 22 - Launch Site: Tonopah. Launch Vehicle: Malemute. LV Configuration: Malemute Sandia 497-006. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 1564.
1976 July 24 - Launch Site: Tonopah. Launch Vehicle: Malemute. LV Configuration: Malemute Sandia 497-007. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 1564.
1979 April 19 - Launch Site: Tonopah. Launch Vehicle: Malemute. LV Configuration: Malemute Sandia 497-009. - Malemute II Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi). References: 1564.
1999 July 1 - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Vehicle: Malemute. LV Configuration: Malemute TMBD Target. - Malemute II Slugger Target mission Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). References: 1823.
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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