Goddard 3
Launch vehicle · USA
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American test vehicle. First instrumented liquid fuel rocket. Length 11 ft 6 in.; maximum diameter 26 in.; weight 32 lb; gasoline 14 lb; liquid oxygen 11 lb; total loaded weight 57 lb.
Payload: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb) to a 62 m range.
Related
- Family
- Early Rocketry, test vehicle
- People
- Goddard
- Country
- USA
Chronology
4 events
1927 September 3
LV Family: Goddard. Launch Vehicle: Goddard 3.- Goddard third rocket design - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Goddard. Goddard began construction on a rocket one-fifth size of the 'large model' (i.e. four times larger than 1926 flight models), with few, simple parts, easily replaced, and much-improved fuel injection..
1928 July 18, September 29, October 10, October 20
LV Family: Goddard. Launch Vehicle: Goddard 3. FAILURE: Tipped and caught in tower.- Launch attempts of Goddard third rocket design - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Goddard. Goddard's third rocket design started to rise, but tipped and caught in tower every time..
1928 December 26
Launch Site: Auburn. LV Family: Goddard. Launch Vehicle: Goddard 3.- Third flight of a Goddard liquid rocket. - .
Nation: USA.
Related Persons: Goddard.
Apogee: 0.0050 km (0.0031 mi). Range: 0.0620 km (0.0385 mi).
Rose out of tower rapidly and tipped, passing over observation shelter; distance 204.5 ft; speed about 60 mph. This flight was followed by a series of static tests, to develop liquid 'curtain cooling' for inside of combustion-chamber wall, a regenerative system, and better stability in flight.
1929 July 17
Launch Site: Auburn. LV Family: Goddard. Launch Vehicle: Goddard 3.- Fourth flight of a Goddard liquid rocket; first with instruments. - .
Nation: USA.
Related Persons: Goddard.
Apogee: 0.0270 km (0.0168 mi). Range: 0.0520 km (0.0323 mi).
Started to lift at 13 sec; rose at 14 1/2 sec; reached top of flight (90 ft) at 17 sec; hit ground at 18 1/2 sec; landed 171 ft from tower. The rocket carried a small camera, thermometer, and a barometer which were recovered intact after the flight. Flight was bright and noisy, attracted public attention. The result was a great deal of "moon rocket" publicity. This resulted in prohibition of further test flights from Aunt Effie's Farm by the local fire marshall. Length 11 ft 6 in.; maximum diameter 26 in.; weight 32 lb; gasoline 14 lb; liquid oxygen 11 lb; total loaded weight 57 lb. Up to that time Goddard had achieved numerous proving-stand tests of liquid rockets, and 10 attempts at flight tests, of which four achieved flight.