American all-solid orbital launch vehicle. Three stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Castor + 1 x Antares + 1 x Alcor
Failures: 1. First Fail Date: 1962-09-21. Last Fail Date: 1962-09-21.
Gross mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb).
Height: 12.60 m (41.30 ft).
Diameter: 0.79 m (2.59 ft).
Thrust: 235.00 kN (52,830 lbf).
Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
First Launch: 1962.09.21.
Last Launch: 1964.04.10.
Number: 3 .
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Associated Countries
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Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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Vought American manufacturer of rockets and spacecraft. Vought, 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...
Associated Stages
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Alcor Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 520/50 kg. Thrust 35.59 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 230 seconds. Masses, specific impulse estimated. More...
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Antares 1A Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 1,225/294 kg. Thrust 60.50 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 256 seconds. More...
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Castor 1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 3,852/535 kg. Thrust 286.00 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 247 seconds. More...
RAM B Chronology
1962 September 21 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
RAM.
Launch Vehicle:
RAM B.
LV Configuration: RAM B RAM B-1.
FAILURE: Failure.
- RAM B-1 re-entry vehicle test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1963 May 28 - .
18:59 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
RAM.
Launch Vehicle:
RAM B.
LV Configuration: RAM B RAM B-2.
- RAM B-2 re-entry vehicle test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).
1964 April 10 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
RAM.
Launch Vehicle:
RAM B.
LV Configuration: RAM B RAM B-3.
- RAM B-3 re-entry vehicle test flight - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
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