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Test vehicle. Family: Early Rocketry. Country: USA. Status: Retired 1947.

At request of Army Ordnance, Cal Tech's rocket laboratory developed the first US long-range missiles. Project ORDCIT resulted in development of the Private A and Corporal missiles. At Camp Irwin, Calif., 24 Private A rockets were launched by JPL, only 11 months after the start of Project ORDCIT. This rocket technology that led to later operational Corporal and Sergeant missiles.

Manufacturer: Aerojet.

Private Chronology

1944 December 1 - First Private launch. At Camp Irwin, Calif., 24 Private "A" rockets were launched by JPL, only 11 months after the start of Project ORDCIT.

1945 April 1 - Private F rockets tested. 17 JPL Private F rockets were fired at Hueco Range, Fort Bliss, Tex.

Bibliography:

  • Emme, Eugene M, Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 1915-1960, NASA, 1961. Web Address when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html.
  • Gunston, Bill,, Rockets and Missiles, Salamander, London, 1979.
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