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Corella

Launch vehicle · Australia

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Australian sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Gosling + 1 x Dorado

Four Gosling motors with canted nozzles were used as boosters for the British Thunderbird ramjet surface-to-air missile. 664 Gosling IV motors were supplied for the Thunderbird, Bloodhound, and Seaslug Mark II missiles.

For sounding rocket applications, motors were supplied with in-line nozzles. The Gosling IV had an a all up mass of 256 kg, was 3.00 m long, and 0.254 m in diameter. It produced an average thrust of 124 kN over its 3.15 second burn time.

Country
Australia
Launch Sites
Woomera, Woomera LA2
Stages
Gosling, Lupus
Agency
WRE
Bibliography
2

Chronology

2 events

1975 December 4

13:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Lupus. Launch Vehicle: Corella.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 220 km (130 mi).

1976 April 29

Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. LV Family: Lupus. Launch Vehicle: Corella.
  • Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).