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Terrier Sounding Rocket

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Terrier Sounding Rocket
Part of Terrier Family
American surface-to-air missile. Modified single stage Navy Terrier missiles with cameras were used as sounding rockets. They were launched to an altitude of 140 km from Wallops Island, providing a 1,600 km composite photograph of a frontal cloud formation.
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Status: Out of production. Thrust: 258.00 kN (58,000 lbf). Gross mass: 1,300 kg (2,800 lb). Height: 6.00 m (19.60 ft). Diameter: 0.55 m (1.80 ft). Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

in: 1959 dollars. Flyaway Unit Cost 1985$: 0.062 million. Total Production Built: 3000.

Family: surface-to-air. Country: USA. Stages: NSPO Booster, NSPO Sustainer. Agency: NSPO.

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