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Strypi VIIR

American target missile. Four stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Recruit + 1 x Castor + 1 x Alcor IB + 1 x Alcyone

Gross mass: 4,600 kg (10,100 lb).
Height: 11.20 m (36.70 ft).
Diameter: 0.79 m (2.59 ft).
Thrust: 499.00 kN (112,179 lbf).
Apogee: 170 km (100 mi).
First Launch: 1975.03.11.
Last Launch: 1975.09.18.
Number: 2 .

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Associated Countries
See also
  • Strypi Family of re-entry vehicle test boosters and anti-missile targets using a Castor first stage with two recruit strap-ons, plus a range of upper stages. More...
  • missile Guided self-propelled military weapon (as opposed to rocket, an unguided self-propelled weapon). More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
  • Sandia American manufacturer of rockets and spacecraft. Sandia Laboratories, Albequerque, USA. More...
Associated Launch Sites
  • Wallops Island Small NASA launch site for sounding rocket launches and occasional Scout launches to orbit. Air launches are conducted from the Drop Zone Wallops Island, 37.00 N 72.0 W. With the last orbital launch in 1985 and the decline in sounding rocket launches, Wallops fell into near-disuse as a launch center. Its fortunes revised with the establishment of Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in 2005 and orbital launches resumed in 2010. More...
Associated Stages
  • Alcor IB Solid rocket stage. 42.00 kN (9,442 lbf) thrust. Mass 500 kg (1,102 lb). More...
  • Alcyone Solid rocket stage. 34.00 kN (7,644 lbf) thrust. Mass 100 kg (220 lb). More...
  • Castor 1 Solid propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 3,852/535 kg. Thrust 286.00 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 247 seconds. More...

Strypi VIIR Chronology
1975 March 11 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Strypi. Launch Vehicle: Strypi VIIR.
  • MTV-II-2 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 170 km (100 mi).
1975 September 18 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Strypi. Launch Vehicle: Strypi VIIR.
  • NRV Nosetip Recovery Re-entry vehicle test - . Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 170 km (100 mi).
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