T-7M
Launch vehicle · China
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Chinese sounding rocket. 2 stage test vehicle for T-7.
Related
- Country
- China
- Launch Sites
- Laogang
- Stages
- T-7 booster, T-7 LRE
- Agency
- Shanghai
Chronology
1 event
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.