Rook is the name of a

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. Twenty five Rook rockets were launched between 1959 and 1972. The launches took place from Aberporth in

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and from Woomera in

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. The Rook has a maximum flight altitude of 20 kilometres, a launch mass of 1.2 tons and a length of 5 metres.

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20080709063130/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/rook.htm Rockets and missiles {{UAV-stub