JLEV E L AFGL-TR-78-12 SPECAL REPORTS, NOL 21371 NO..13 Sounding Rocket Flight Ott Data Summary 1966-1976 C. NEALON STARK ALAN K. WLLAMS, CAPT, USAF CL>. D D C 15 May 1978 Approved for public release; distribs..sun unlimited.] AEROSPACE NSTRUMENTATON DVSON PROJECT 7659 AR FORCE GEOPHYSCS LABORATORY V HANSCOM AFB, MASSACHUSETTS 1731 AR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND, USAF
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Unclassified SECURTY CLAWSFCATON OF TH 4l E (W7 e, fld.mn..d) REPORT DOCUMENTATON PAGE EA NSTRUCTONS BEORECOMPLETNG FORM. REpoRT NO&OER 12. GOVT ACCESSON NO.1 3 PEC-FWT'S CATALOG NUMBER AFGL-TR-78-12 4~ TT F' - --- - 1 PE OF REPORT & PEROD COVERED,iUNDNGPOCKET FLGHT DNTA SUMMARY 966-197'6 OcintGi. neortinme Scenifc.nerm 7 A, Xlb' 8. CON RACT OR GRANT NUMBER(.) C.i C.,Nealon~S tark 9. PERFORL41NG ORGANZATON NAME AND ADDRESS 1. PPOGPA W FLEMENT, 'ROJEC:T. TASK Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (LOR) 621aiF f~ J Hanscom AFB, 'r7 6-5f 14.-1 Massachusetts 1731 75 4Q '/ 1. CONTROLLNG OFFCE NAME AND ADDRESS -2 ED z Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (LCR) Hanscom AFB, 4 Massachusetts 1731 14 MONTORNG AGENCY NAME & ADORESS(f ditfetent 1-,. Cou.',oting Office) 15. SECURTY CLASS. (of hi. tepoct) Unclassified ~ J...j'~S~'l 15.. OECLASSFCAToNDowNGRAONG Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 19. KEY WORDS (Coo1tne ow tev ai fd* it nec...ar, end denify V block nl,.beoo Sounding rockets Lauw.ch summary Vel.icle performance 2. 'ASTRACT (Contlrwon... olde f noceosw7 and dentify by black nm~bot) This report is a summary listing of all AFGL sounding rockets launched from 1966 to 1976. Listed data ii..ludes the launch time. date, place, and number; the type of rocket launched; the name of the project scientist; the imp-act time, range, azimuth, apogee time. and altitude; pa--load weight and length; the recovery, ACS type, and performance; experiments flown; support systems; remarks; and total vehicle performance. DD JAN 73 1473 EDTON OF NOV 6S S OBSOLETE Unclasjfid SECURTY CLASSFCATON OF THS PAGE (Whe.n Del. E~rod~*)
DufiSaKOO UKA9MNUU 132 JSTECATWN......... ' "...... 1SRsBLUTO/AYALAflLTY CM,,,,r-wC ai/or SPE-AL Sounding Rocket Flight Data Summary 1966-1976 1. NTRODUCTON Sounding rockets have become the standard workhorse for carrying scientific experiments to the upper atmosphere and beyond for exploration and investigation. Our first sounding rocket was a German V-2. launched from the White Sands Missile Range on 22 August 1946. Thirty years have passed and the need for sounding rockets still continues. This report is a summary of the sounding rockets flown by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory from 1966 through 1976. Those flown before this period are listed in Summary of AFCRL Rocket and Satellite Experiments (1946-1966), Mcntyre, A., AFCRL-66-868, Special Reports, No. 54, December 1966. (Received for publication 1 May 1978) 3 Sr-~
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