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. (Author)
Unguided Rocket Impact Dispersion at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (September 1969)
1969
33 pages
Report
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English
Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Detonations, Explosion Effects, & Ballistics , Rockets , Sounding rockets , Meteorological phenomena , Upper atmosphere , Impact prediction , Guided missile ranges , Exterior ballistics , Rocket trajectories , Payload , Wind , Miss distance , Tables(Data) , New mexico , Aerobee , Arcas , Athena , Nike-javelin sounding rockets , Nike-cajun , Nike , Nike-apache