American sounding rocket. The Recruit motor was the first stage of this larger booster, dropped from a B-57 for re-entry vehicle heat transfer tests.
Gross mass: 400 kg (880 lb).
Height: 5.00 m (16.40 ft).
Diameter: 0.23 m (0.75 ft).
Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
First Launch: 1957.01.01.
Last Launch: 1958.09.12.
Number: 7 .
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Associated Countries
See also
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Recruit The Recruit motor was usually used as an upper stage, but in this air-launched vehicle was used for re-entry vehicle heat transfer and aerodynamic stability tests. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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
Recruit T55 Chronology
1957 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit T55.
- Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1957 August 7 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit T55.
- Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1958 January 31 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit T55.
- Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1958 March 28 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit T55.
1958 July 15 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Platform: B-57A.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit T55.
1958 July 24 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Platform: B-57A.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit T55.
1958 September 12 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Platform: B-57A.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit T55.
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