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Terrier Lynx

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Status: Active. First Launch: 2000-12-19. Last Launch: 2014-10-12. Number: 11 . Thrust: 258.00 kN (58,000 lbf). Gross mass: 1,300 kg (2,800 lb). Height: 9.00 m (29.50 ft). Diameter: 0.46 m (1.50 ft). Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

The Terrier Lynx was a two-stage, unguided, fin stabilized rocket system which utilized a Terrier mk70 first stage booster and a Lynx rocket motor for the second stage propulsion. The Terrier mk70 motor had four equally spaced modified Ajax fins, and the Lynx motor had four modified Orion fins on the aft end arranged in a cruciform configuration to provide stability.

The basic Terrier mk70 motor was 3.94 m long with a principal diameter of 46 cm. There was a 7.6-cm interstage adapter which allowed for drag separation at Terrier burnout. Typically, the Terrier booster would utilize two spin motors to reduce dispersion and also serve as drag plates. Each Terrier fin was 0.43 square meters in area. Normally, the fins were canted to provide two revolutions per second spin rate at Terrier burnout. The weight of the

The Lynx was 36 cm in diameter and 2.8 m long. The Lynx fins were normally canted to provide for four revolutions per second spin rate at burnout.

The standard payload for the Terrier mk70-Lynx had a principal diameter of 36 cm and utilized a 3:1 ogive nose cone, although an 11 deg total angle cone could also be flown. The envelope of payload lengths that could be flown was similar to the boosted Orion family. The rocket system could carry a 115-kg payload to 378 kilometers and a 230-kg pound payload to 254 kilometers when launched from sea level at an 85 degree launch angle. Standard hardware included a 3:1 ogive nose cone and a capacitive discharge ignition system. Separation systems could be provided to separate the payload from the motor during ascent.

• NAWC test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA, SMDC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

• Test mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA, SMDC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

• PACBLITZ 02 Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

• PACBLITZ 02 Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

• ABL Target - . Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Target.

• ABL Target - . Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Target.

• Radar target - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Target mission. NASA military mission; neither the flight number nor the DoD customer was identified. However previous Terrier Lynx flights were for the Naval Air Warfare Center and the Missile Defense Agency..

• Shark - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). ABM Target.

• Shark? - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). ABM test target..

• Shark - . Nation: USA. Agency: GSFC. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

• MDA Target? - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). ABM test target..