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Kappa Rocket
Kappa is a family of solid-fuel Japanese sounding rockets, which were built starting from 1956. Rockets Kappa 1 * Ceiling: 40 km * Takeoff thrust: 10.00 kN * Diameter: 0.13 m * Length: 2.70 m Kappa 2 * Ceiling: 40 km * Mass: 300 kg * Diameter: 0.22 m * Length: 5 m Kappa 6 (in two stages) * Pay load: 20 kg * Ceiling: 60 km * Takeoff weight: 270 kg * Diameter: 0.25 m * Length: 5.61 m Kappa 7 * Ceiling: 50 km * Diameter: 0.42 m * Length: 8.70 m Kappa 8 (in two stages) * Pay load: 50 kg * Ceiling: 160 km * Takeoff weight: 1500 kg * Diameter: 0.42 m * Length: 10.90 m Kappa 4 * Ceiling: 80 km * Takeoff thrust: 105.00 kN * Diameter: 0.33 m * Length: 5.90 m Kappa 9L * Pay load: 15 kg * Ceiling: 350 km * Takeoff weight: 1550 kg * Diameter: 0.42 m * Length: 12.50 m Kappa 9M * Pay load: 50 kg * Ceiling: 350 km * Mass: 1500 kg * Diameter: 0.42 m * Length: 11.10 m Kappa 8L * Pay load: 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sounding Rocket
A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The rockets are used to launch instruments from 48 to 145 km (30 to 90 miles) above the surface of the Earth, the altitude generally between weather balloons and satellites; the maximum altitude for balloons is about 40 km (25 miles) and the minimum for satellites is approximately 121 km (75 miles). Certain sounding rockets have an apogee between 1,000 and 1,500 km (620 and 930 miles), such as the Black Brant X and XII, which is the maximum apogee of their class. Sounding rockets often use military surplus rocket motors. NASA routinely flies the Terrier Mk 70 boosted Improved Orion, lifting 270–450-kg (600–1,000-pound) payloads into the exoatmospheric region between 97 and 201 km (60 and 125 miles). Etymology The origin of the term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R-25 Vulkan
The R-25 Vulkan ( sr, Вулкан) was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) designed by Serbian engineer Obrad Vučurović and built in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in the late 1950s, early 1960s. Development The mid-1950s saw the emergence of viable SAMs for the purpose of air defence. Due to their inability to import foreign SAM systems, in 1958 Yugoslavia initiated a program to develop an indigenous missile at the Belgrade Military Technical Institute. Designated the R-25 Vulkan (Volcano), this completely original Yugoslavian design brought together a team of experts led by engineer Obrad Vučurović to design the missile, with the prototypes being made in the SOKO aircraft factory in Mostar. Two versions of the missile were developed: one that had a booster-rocket engine with seven rockets and a second one with four rockets. Although, initial prototypes used a liquid fuel rocket engine developed for a rocket-powered torpedo, later operational production mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
