AEROBEE HIGH ALTITUDE SOUNDING ROCKET DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND USE,

Abstract

Contents: General description of the aerobee and launcher; Sustaining motor and components of the rocket and booster; Preparation of the missile for launching; Range safety considerations; Radio command fuel cutoff system; The aerobee rocket as a high altitude research vehicle; Recording and recovery of scientific data obtained on aerobee flights; Power supply; Instrumentation mounting; Instrumentation; Measurement of aspect of the rocket; Telemetering; Summary of APL aerobee flights.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1948
Accession Number
AD0634866

Entities

People

  • L. W. Fraser

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Construction
  • High Altitude
  • Instrumentation
  • Launchers
  • Launching
  • Measurement
  • Power Supplies
  • Range Safety
  • Recovery
  • Rockets
  • Sounding Rockets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Business Analytics
  • Missile Defense Systems.