Athena was conceived to reduce cost of ballistic-missile experimentation and employs inexpensive solid-propellant rockets to simulate flight dynamics of intercontinental ballistic missiles; it is four-stage, partially guided vehicle that has been launched from point near Green River, Utah, and impacted at White Sands Missile Range; nominal performance requirements are -- 50-lb payload delivered at 250,000 ft, separation distances (fourth stage from payload) of at least 5000 ft at test altitudes, velocity at test altitudes of 22,000 fps, re-entry angles of 18 to 46°, and payload angle of attack as close to zero as possible.
Ballistic-missile research with Athena
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 2 , n 5
1965
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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