SR19
Engine · USA
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Aerojet solid rocket engine. Second stage of Minuteman 2. Surplus motors were used in a variety of anti-ballistic missile test target missiles from the 1980's.
Subtopics
ait American target missile. The ait vehicles were developed to support the USAF Airborne Intercept Technology program. They consisted of a Minuteman SR19AJ1 first stage (the basic ait version) or Thiokol Castor IVB first stage (designated ait-2), and a Minuteman II M57A1 second stage. A front-end module housed the payloads, the control system, GPS, and inertial guidance electronics.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Minuteman 2, Minuteman 3, M55E1, SR19 1999, Hera, Storm-2, Minuteman 2 PLV, ait, SR19/SR19, Minotaur 1, Minotaur 2, LRALT
- Propellants
- Solid
- Stages
- SR19
- Agency
- Aerojet