Unguided Rocket Impact Dispersion at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (September 1969)

Abstract

Impact dispersion data, in tabular and graphic form are presented for 182 Aerobees, 78 Athenas, 115 Nike-boosted rockets (Nike Apache, Nike Hydac, Nike Apache Nicap, Nike Cajun, Nike Javelin) and 249 ARCAS launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico or the Utah Launch Complex, Green River, Utah during 1965-69. The mean miss for the Aerobee launches is 9.6 statute miles, for the Athena 12.3, for all Nike configurations 12.1, and for the ARCAS 6.9.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0858619

Entities

People

  • Gordon L. Dunaway
  • Marjorie Mclardie Hoidale

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Computers
  • Dispersions
  • Export Controls
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Impact Point
  • Launch Tubes
  • Launchers
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Meteorological Data
  • New Mexico
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Rockets
  • Simulations
  • Solid Propellants
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Missile Defense Systems.