NAOTS
Credit: © Mark Wade
F2H aircraft flying from this Naval Air Station launched Rockair sounding rockets in 1955, known to have been used for 5 launches, reaching up to 55 kilometers altitude.
Location: Naval Air Ordnance Test Station, Chincoteague, Virginia.
Longitude: -75.3376 deg.
Latitude: 37.9591 deg.
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Associated Countries
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Associated Launch Vehicles
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Rockair American sounding rocket. The Rockair technique (research rocket launched from aircraft) was developed by the Office of Naval Research and the University of Maryland. A 2.75-inch FFAR rocket was fired from a Navy F2H-2 Banshee aircraft to an altitude of approximately 60,000 m. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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USN American agency overseeing development of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. USN Joint Task Force 7, USA. More...
Bibliography
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McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: here.
NAOTS Chronology
1955 August 16 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi). First successful demonstration of Rockair technique (resarch rocket launched from aircraft) by ONR and University of Maryland team, a 2.75-inch FFAR rocket fired from a Navy F2H-2 aircraft to an altitude of approximately 180,000 feet. Rockair technique first suggested by Herman Oberth (1929) and others.
1955 August 16 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi).
1955 August 16 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 9.00 km (5.50 mi).
1955 November 1 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
1955 November 1 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
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