Sea-launched sounding rocket launch area known to have been used for 2 launches in 1950, reaching up to 80 kilometers altitude.
Longitude: -170.0000 deg.
Latitude: 54.0000 deg.
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Aerobee In late 1945 James Van Allen was assigned by John Hopkins University to survey sounding rocket requirements for upper atmosphere research. The V-2 was found to be too heavy and complex. In 1946 Van Allen decided that what was needed was a small rocket, derived from the Aerojet Wac Corporal and the Bumblebee missile developed under a US Navy program. This combination of an Aerojet booster and a Bumblebee second stage was dubbed the Aerobee. More...
Associated Launch Vehicles
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Aerobee RTV-N-10 American sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Aerobee Booster + 1 x Aerobee XASR-1 More...
Bering Sea Chronology
1950 January 15 - .
23:45 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Bering Sea.
Launch Pad: 58.0 N x 170.0 W.
Launch Platform: AVM1.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee RTV-N-10.
LV Configuration: Aerobee RTV-N-10 A15.
- Particles mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: APL. Apogee: 72 km (44 mi). Summary: Cosmic radiation research. Launched at 2345 GMT. Reached 72.4 km. Launched from from vessel ACM1 at Bering Sea Launch Site 1 (APL Aerobee/Norton Sound) - Latitude: 58.00 N, Longitude:170.00 W..
1950 January 18 - .
23:17 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Bering Sea.
Launch Pad: 50.0 N x 170.0 W.
Launch Platform: AVM1.
LV Family:
Aerobee.
Launch Vehicle:
Aerobee RTV-N-10.
LV Configuration: Aerobee RTV-N-10 A16.
- Particles mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: APL. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). Summary: Cosmic radiation research. Launched at 2317 GMT. Reached 80.5 km. Launched from from vessel ACM1 at Bering Sea Launch Site 2 (APL Aerobee/Norton Sound) - Latitude: 50.00 N, Longitude:170.00 W..
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