The status of the gun-launched projectile system as a stratospheric sensor vehicle is discussed. The report is based on data obtained at White Sands Missile Range, and at Wallops Island, Virginia, where tests of recently developed hardware show an altitude-obtaining success of nearly 100%. The report reviews the fundamentals of the system, including launcher and propulsion techniques, the flight vehicle, and the payload and expulsion system. It is pointed out that the dispersion characteristics of this vehicle offer new potential for high altitude soundings at sites having limited real estate. (Author)
Gun-Launched Vertical Probes at White Sands Missile Range
1966
29 pages
Report
No indication
English
About White Sands Missile Range
NTIS | 1991
About White Sands Missile Range
NTRS | 1991
HISTORIC WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
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|White Sands Missile Range Meteor Trail Radar Design
AIAA | 1972
|White Sands Missile Range Station for MSC-4
NTRS | 1966
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