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Stonechat

Falstaff
Credit: via Jean-Jacques Serra

British single stage hypersonic test vehicles using variants of the Stonechat solid rocket motor.

Status: Retired 1979.

Subtopics

Stonechat-1 RO solid rocket engine. Largest solid rocket motor ever produced in Britain. Motor developed for hypersonic research vehicle. Subsequently used in Falstaff test vehicle. Stonechat I first stage.

Stonechat I British sounding rocket. Single stage hypersonic test vehicle using the Stonechat I solid rocket motor.

Falstaff British sounding rocket. Single stage hypersonic test vehicle using the Stonechat II solid rocket motor.

Family: test vehicle. Country: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment, RO. Bibliography: 2, 572.

1969 October 1 - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 HRV. LV Family: Stonechat. Launch Vehicle: Stonechat I.

HRV 933 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

1975 May 9 - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 HRV. LV Family: Stonechat. Launch Vehicle: Falstaff.

Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 119 km (73 mi).

1976 February 10 - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 HRV. LV Family: Stonechat. Launch Vehicle: Falstaff.

Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi).

1978 May 23 - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 HRV. LV Family: Stonechat. Launch Vehicle: Falstaff. FAILURE: Failure.

Chevaline warhead test launch - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi).

1978 September 15 - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 HRV. LV Family: Stonechat. Launch Vehicle: Falstaff.

Chevaline warhead test launch - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 97 km (60 mi).

1978 December 6 - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 HRV. LV Family: Stonechat. Launch Vehicle: Falstaff.

Chevaline warhead test launch - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 98 km (60 mi).

1979 February 14 - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 HRV. LV Family: Stonechat. Launch Vehicle: Falstaff.

Chevaline warhead test launch - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 93 km (57 mi).

1979 April 4 - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 HRV. LV Family: Stonechat. Launch Vehicle: Falstaff.

Chevaline warhead test launch - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 103 km (64 mi).

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