Terrier Sounding Rocket
Missile · USA
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American surface-to-air missile. Modified single stage Navy Terrier missiles with cameras were used as sounding rockets. They were launched to an altitude of 140 km from Wallops Island, providing a 1,600 km composite photograph of a frontal cloud formation.
in: 1959 dollars. Flyaway Unit Cost 1985$: 0.062 million. Total Production Built: 3000.
Related
- Family
- surface-to-air
- Country
- USA
- Stages
- NSPO Booster, NSPO Sustainer
- Agency
- NSPO