Recruit
Launch vehicle · USA
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American sounding rocket. The Recruit motor was usually used as an upper stage, but in this air-launched vehicle was used for re-entry vehicle heat transfer and aerodynamic stability tests.
Subtopics
- Recruit T55 American sounding rocket. The Recruit motor was the first stage of this larger booster, dropped from a B-57 for re-entry vehicle heat transfer tests.
- Nike Nike Recruit American three-stage sounding rocket.
- Nike Yardbird American sounding rocket.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Sites
- Wallops Island
- Stages
- 1.5KS35000
- Agency
- NASA Wallops
- Bibliography
- 2
Chronology
14 events
1956 November 6
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Platform: F2H2. Launch Vehicle: Recruit.- Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1957
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Recruit T55.- Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1957 August 7
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Recruit T55.- Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1958 January 31
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Recruit T55.- Heat Transfer Re-entry Vehicle test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1958 March 28
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Recruit T55.- Test mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1958 July 15
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Platform: B-57A. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Recruit T55.- Test mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 14 km (8 mi).
1958 July 24
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Platform: B-57A. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Recruit T55.- Test mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 14 km (8 mi).
1958 September 12
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Platform: B-57A. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Recruit T55.- Test mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Cleveland. Apogee: 12 km (7 mi).
1959
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Recruit.- Ogive Stab. test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Langley. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).
1959
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Recruit.- Blunt cone Stab. test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Langley. Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi).
1960?
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Nike Nike Recruit.- Teflon nose Re-entry vehicle test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Langley. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).
1960 December 1
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Recruit. Launch Vehicle: Nike Nike Recruit.- Teflon nose Re-entry vehicle test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Langley. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).