Skylark 10A
Launch vehicle · UK
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British sounding rocket. Two stage Skylark version consisting of 1 x Goldfinch + 1 x Gosling 4T
Four Gosling motors with canted nozzles were used as boosters for the British Thunderbird ramjet surface-to-air missile. 664 Gosling IV motors were supplied for the Thunderbird, Bloodhound, and Seaslug Mark II missiles.
For sounding rocket applications, motors were supplied with in-line nozzles. The Gosling IV had an a all up mass of 256 kg, was 3.00 m long, and 0.254 m in diameter. It produced an average thrust of 124 kN over its 3.15 second burn time.
Related
- Country
- UK
- Launch Sites
- Woomera, Woomera LA2
- Stages
- Gosling 4, Goldfinch IIA
- Agency
- British Aerospace