Dessau
Germany
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1931 February 21
Launch Site: Dessau. Launch Vehicle: HW-1.- Winkler HW-1 rocket - first liquid-fuel rocket in Europe. - .
Nation: Germany.
Related Persons: Winkler.
Apogee: 0.0030 km (0.0019 mi).
Funded by a Mr Hueckel, Winkler flies the first European liquid propellant rocket at Dessau, Germany. It is 60 cm high, weighs 5 kg, including 1.7 kg of liquid oxygen and methane propellants. The rocket consists of three tanks - one for the fuel, one for the oxygen, and one for the nitrogen gas that pressure-feeds the motor. The motor is a simple 18-inch long cylinder, housed at the centre of the prismatic rocket. The rocket reaches only 3 m in the first test due to a malfunction.