Shanghai
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Chinese manufacturer of rocket engines and rockets. Shanghai Institute of Electro-mechanical Design, Shanghai, China.
Related
- Country
- China
- Launch Vehicles
- T-7M, T-7, T-7A, T-7A-S, T-7A-S2, T-7/GF-01A, HP2, HP6, 761 sounding rocket, Project 921
- Stages
- T-7 booster, T-7 LRE
Chronology
8 events
1960 February 19
Launch Site: Laogang. LV Family: T-7. Launch Vehicle: T-7M.- Test mission - .
Nation: China.
Agency: Shanghai.
Apogee: 8.00 km (4.90 mi).
The Shanghai design institute completed the first subscale experimental model of the T-7 sounding rocket. This would use a solid booster and liquid propellant sustainer stage. The rocket was fuelled using a bicycle pump. Launched from Laogang, on the coast, the missile reached 8 km altitude.
1960 September 1
Launch Site: Shijiedu. Launch Vehicle: T-7.- Test mission - . Nation: China. Agency: Shanghai. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). First launch of the all-up missile..