Meteor-1
Launch vehicle · Poland
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Polish sounding rocket. Single stage vehicle.
Meteor 1 was a boosted dart, unguided, stabilized by perforated plywood fins sheathed with aluminum and launched from a mobile 4-m high tower. The solid motor burned for 2.3 seconds and boosted the 4.5 kg dart to 1100 m/s. The dart reached its 36.5 km apogee 80 seconds after launch, at which point a timer ignited a charge, dispersing a chaff cloud for radar tracking. The Meteor-1C version had a larger dart and could make three chaff releases. Meteor-1E carried a parachute-borne instrument package. Empty weight 14.5 kg.
Payload: 4.50 kg (9.90 lb) to a 36.5 km altitude.
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Related
- Country
- Poland
- Launch Vehicles
- Meteor-1, Meteor-3 sounding rocket, Meteor-2K
- Propellants
- Solid
- Launch Sites
- Leba
- Agency
- PIHM, Poland Aviation Institute
- Bibliography
- 12823