Shotput
Shotput
Test vehicle. Year: 1959. Family: Sergeant. Country: USA.

3 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Sergeant + 1 x Altair

Manufacturer: NASA PARD. Launches: 8. First Launch Date: 1959-10-28. Last Launch Date: 1964-03-25. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 220.000 kN (49,450 lbf). Total Mass: 5,100 kg (11,200 lb). Core Diameter: 0.79 m (2.59 ft). Total Length: 9.90 m (32.40 ft).

Shotput Chronology

1959 October 28 - 22:40 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Shotput. LV Configuration: Shotput 1.

  • E60 Echo spacecraft test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LaRC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 1158.
1960 January 16 - 22:35 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Shotput. LV Configuration: Shotput 2.
  • E60 Echo spacecraft test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LaRC. Apogee: 413 km (256 mi). References: 1158.
1960 February 27 - 23:20 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Shotput. LV Configuration: Shotput 3.
  • E60 Echo spacecraft test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LaRC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 752.
1960 April 1 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Shotput. LV Configuration: Shotput 4.
  • E60 Echo spacecraft test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LaRC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 1713.
1960 May 31 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Shotput. LV Configuration: Shotput 5.
  • E60 Echo spacecraft test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LaRC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 1713.
1963 April 20 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Shotput. LV Configuration: Shotput 6.
  • San Marco Satellite test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 426 km (264 mi). References: 1715.
1963 Aug 2 2330? - 23:30 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Shotput. LV Configuration: Shotput 7.
  • San Marco Satellite test mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 294 km (182 mi). References: 1715.
1964 March 25 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Shotput.
  • Agency: NASA. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). References: 0.
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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