LEGO Designer:
Dan Fallon (phreaddee)
Designed:
May 2024
Categories:
All, Suborbital and Sounding Rockets
The Aerobee RTV-A-1a was an early American sounding rocket developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s as part of the Aerobee series, which played a significant role in atmospheric and space research during that era.
The Aerobee RTV-A-1a was utilised by the U.S. Air Force for various research missions, including atmospheric studies and testing of scientific instruments. The first flight, designated USAF-1, was launched on December 2, 1949, from Holloman Air Force Base. This mission reached an altitude of 59.7 miles (96 kilometres) and carried experiments such as a Solar Radiation Soft X-Ray detector and a Colour Earth Photography experiment. However, the nose cone recovery parachute failed, resulting in the loss of the experiments.
Subsequent flights addressed earlier issues, with improvements in recovery systems leading to successful data collection. For instance, the USAF-6 mission reached an altitude of 57.5 miles (92.5 kilometres) and successfully recovered its payload, which included pressure-temperature detectors and a multipurpose beacon.
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Launch History information from space.skyrocket.de
No: TNr Type Date LS Payload
xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 17.10.1951 * Ho A USAF 20 (Ionos Propagation) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 30.01.1952 *F Ho A USAF 21 (AF/Utah Ionos 1) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 26.08.1952 *F Ho A USAF 29 (AF/Utah Ionos 2) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 18.02.1953 * Ho A USAF 34 (Heating/beacon test) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 14.04.1953 * Ho A USAF 35 (Heating test) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 20.05.1953 * Ho A USAF 36 (AF Airglow 3) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 21.05.1953 * Ho A USAF 37 (AF Airglow 4) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 26.06.1953 * Ho A USAF 38 (AF/Utah Ionos 3) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 01.07.1953 * Ho A USAF 39 (AF/Utah Ionos 4) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 14.07.1953 * Ho A USAF 40 (Solar flux) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 23.07.1953 * Ho A USAF 41 (Airglow spectrograph) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 15.09.1953 *F Ho A USAF 42 (AF Airglow 5) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 29.09.1953 * WS LC-35 SC 31 (Sphere) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 07.10.1953 * Ho A USAF 43 (Solar spectrum) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 02.11.1953 * Ho A USAF 44 (AF/Utah Ionos 5) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 03.11.1953 * Ho A USAF 45 (AF/Utah Ionos 6) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 11.05.1954 * Ho A USAF 46 (Beacon test) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 02.06.1954 * Ho A USAF 47 (Solar UV spectrum) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 14.07.1954 * Ho A USAF 48 (UM wind vanes) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 11.08.1954 * Ho A USAF 49 (AF/Utah D-layer) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 17.09.1954 * Ho A USAF 50 (Solar flux) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 22.01.1955 * Ho A USAF 51 (Na Release 1) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 07.02.1955 * Ho A USAF 52 (AF/Utah D-layer) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 10.02.1955 * Ho A USAF 53 (AF/Utah D-layer) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 29.03.1955 * Ho A USAF 54 (Solar FUV/LyA) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 13.10.1955 * Ho A USAF 60 (Na Release 2) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 12.03.1956 * Ho A USAF 62 (Release B (NO)) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 14.03.1956 * Ho A USAF 63 (Release (NO)) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 12.04.1956 * Ho A USAF 64 (Na Release 3) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 03.08.1956 *F Ho A USAF 72 (UV Spectrograph) xxxx xxx Aerobee RTV-A-1a 12.11.1956 * FC SM1.01 (Grenades, IGY SM1.01) Launch sites: Ho = Holloman Air Development Center, New Mexico, USA WS = White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA FC = Churchill Research Range, Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada * = suborbital
Launch History information from space.skyrocket.de
