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Nuclear test sites. Sounding rockets were launched from here to monitor nuclear blast effects and fallout from 22 October 1957. Known to have been used for 7 launches from 1957 to 1958, reaching up to 5000 kilometers altitude. General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1957 September 25 - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. FAILURE: Failure. Shot 1 Test/Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). 1957 October 3 - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. Shot 2 Test/Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). 1957 October 7 - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. FAILURE: Failure. Shot 3 Test/Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 700 km (430 mi). 1957 October 11 - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. FAILURE: Failure. Shot 4 Test/Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). 1957 October 20 - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. Shot 5 Test/Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 5,000 km (3,100 mi). 1957 October 22 - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. Shot 6 Test/Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 5,000 km (3,100 mi). 1958 August 1 - Launch Vehicle: Doorknob. LV Model: Doorknob 2 . Doorknob-2 Aeronomy mission Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 84 km (52 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
