One Thiokol Chemical Corporation TE-M-521-5 solid-propellant apogee rocket motor was successfully fired at an average simulated altitude of about 108,000 ft while spinning at 46 rpm. The primary program objectives were to determine vacuum ballistic performance of the motor which was temperature conditioned at 40F, determine altitude ignition characteristics, evaluate motor structural integrity, and determine motor-spacecraft temperature-time history during and after motor operation. Additional objectives were to measure the lateral (nonaxial) thrust component during motor operation and to measure radiation heat flux in the vicinity of the nozzle exit plane. (Author)


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    Title :

    Evaluation of the Thiokol TE-M-521-5 Apogee Kick Motor Tested in the Spin Mode at Simulated Altitude Conditions


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1972


    Size :

    48 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English