American sounding rocket. 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.
Failures: 2. Success Rate: 88.89%. First Fail Date: 1975-04-18. Last Fail Date: 1975-06-04. Launch data is: complete.
Status: Retired 1976.
First Launch: 1956.11.06.
Last Launch: 1959.01.01.
Number: 3 .
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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
Bibliography
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McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: here.
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 Chronology
1956 November 6 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit.
- Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1959 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit.
- Ogive Stab. test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Langley. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1959 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
Recruit.
Launch Vehicle:
Recruit.
- Blunt cone Stab. test - .
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Langley. Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi).
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