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RM-10

Launch vehicle · USA

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American test vehicle. Two-stage test vehicle to make heat transfer studies at high speed in free flight, launched from NACA's Pilotless Aircraft Research Station at Wallops Island, Va. Vehicle was developed by PARD of Langley Laboratory.

Country
USA
Launch Sites
Wallops Island
Agency
NASA
Bibliography
17

Chronology

3 events

1949 April 8

Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: RM-10.
  • First successful rocket-propelled RM-10 rocket. - . Nation: USA. First successful rocket-propelled RM-10 research missile for drag and heat transfer studies at transonic and supersonic speeds, making use of skin calorimeter techniques, at Wallops Island, Va..

1949 April 8

Launch Vehicle: RM-10.
  • RM-10 - . Nation: USA. Heat transfer studies.

1957 February 7

Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: RM-10.
  • First RM-10 2 stage test. - . Nation: USA. First of a series of two-stage test vehicles (RM-10) to make heat transfer studies at high speed in free flight, was launched from NACA's Pilotless Aircraft Reserach Station at Wallops Island, Va. Vehicle was developed by PARD of Langley Laboratory..