Wasp Credit - via Andreas Parsch

Sounding rocket. Country: USA. Status: Retired 1966.

Wasp research and develoment chaff and parachute rockets were used to obtain wind soundings to 260,000 m, fired by Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility at WSPG.

3 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Pollux + 1 x Antares

Manufacturer: NASA. Launches: 1. First Launch Date: 1966-06-07. Last Launch Date: 1966-06-07. Launch data is: incomplete. Apogee: 240 km (140 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 580.000 kN (130,380 lbf). Total Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Core Diameter: 0.79 m (2.59 ft). Total Length: 14.70 m (48.20 ft).

• Stage0: 2 x Journeyman-0. Gross Mass: 200 kg (440 lb). Motor: 1 x 1.5KS35000. Thrust (vac): 156.000 kN (35,070 lbf). Burn time: 1.50 sec. Length: 2.60 m (8.50 ft). Diameter: 0.23 m (0.75 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage1: 1 x Little Joe 1 2P-1. Gross Mass: 4,200 kg (9,200 lb). Motor: 1 x Pollux. Burn time: 38 sec. Length: 5.70 m (18.70 ft). Diameter: 0.79 m (2.59 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Antares 1A. Gross Mass: 1,225 kg (2,700 lb). Empty Mass: 294 kg (648 lb). Motor: 1 x X-254. Thrust (vac): 60.497 kN (13,600 lbf). Isp: 256 sec. Burn time: 39 sec. Length: 3.38 m (11.08 ft). Diameter: 0.78 m (2.55 ft). Propellants: Solid.

1956 December 11 - Wasp soundings to 160,000 feet. Twenty-four Wasp research and develoment chaff and parachute rockets, used to obtain wind soundings to 160,000 feet, were fired by Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility at WSPG.

1966 June 7 - 16:57 GMT - Wallops Island -. WASP slosh test Technology mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 238 km (147 mi).