Rook is the name of a
British rocket. Twenty five Rook rockets were launched between 1959 and 1972. The launches took place from
Aberporth
Aberporth is a seaside village, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales. The population at the 2001 Census, was 2,485, of whom 49 per cent could speak the Welsh language. At the 2011 Census, the population of the community was 2,374 a ...
in
Wales and from
Woomera in
South Australia. 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
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