Boosted Arcas is the designation of an American
sounding rocket
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, in which an
Arcas
In Greek mythology, Arcas (; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάς) was a hunter who became king of Arcadia. He was remembered for having taught people the arts of weaving and baking bread and for spreading agriculture to Arcadia.
Family
Arcas was the so ...
rocket
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"PWN-6"
Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. Retrieved 2018-03-22. was boosted using a first stage to improve the altitude and payload.
Variants of the Boosted Arcas were Boosted Arcas, Sparrow Arcas, Sidewinder Arcas, and Boosted Arcas II.
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Chapter 6.3.6, "Boosted Arcas,"' NASA Report CR-1529, May 1970, page 311-320. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
*The Boosted Arcas consists of a first
stage of an
Atlantic Richfield
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booster using a 0.8-KS-2700 solid propellant engine.
*The Sparrow-Arcas
(or "Sparrow-HV Arcas"
) booster was based on the liquid-propellant
AIM-7D Sparrow missile as a first stage.
*The Sidewinder-Arcas
(or "Sidewinder-HV Arcas"
) used the solid-propellant
AIM-9B Sidewinder missile as a first-stage.
*The Boosted Arcas 2 used a MARC 42A1 booster.
The maximum altitude of the Boosted Arcas amounts to 50 km, the takeoff thrust 1.00 kN, the diameter 0.11 m and the length 3.40 m. The Boosted Arcas was launched 78 times between 1963 and 1972.
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