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Aerobee 200

Launch vehicle · USA

Part of Aerobee

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American sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Nike + 1 x AJ60-92

The Astrobee 200 consisted of an M5 Nike booster and an Aerojet Alcor upper stage, and could reach an altitude of about 300 km (185 miles). It was exclusively used by the USAF's Air Force Cambridge Research Lab, which fired ten of these rockets between 30 June 1961 and 14 December 1966 with aeronomy and ionosphere experiments.

Country: USA
Engines: AJ60-92
Launch Sites: White Sands, Woomera, Woomera LA8
Stages: AJ60-92 stage, M5E1
Agency: Aerojet

Chronology

4 events

1974 September 4

10:24 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA8. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 200.

HISTAR 8 Infrared astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1974 September 11

22:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA8. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 200.

HISTAR 9 Infrared astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1974 September 17

15:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA8. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 200.

HISTAR Infrared astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1976 May 11

17:08 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 200.

Solar mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 248 km (154 mi).