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F2H aircraft flying from this Naval Air Station launched Rockair sounding rockets in 1955, known to have been used for 5 launches, reaching up to 55 kilometers altitude.
AKA: Naval Air Ordnance Test Station. Location: Chincoteague, Virginia. Longitude: -75.34 deg. Latitude: 37.96 deg.
Family:
Suborbital Launch Site.
Country:
USA.
Launch Vehicles:
Rockair.
Agency:
USN.
Bibliography:
2.
1955 August 16 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USN.
Apogee: 9.00 km (5.50 mi).
1955 August 16 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USN.
Apogee: 55 km (34 mi).
1955 August 16 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USN.
Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
First successful demonstration of Rockair technique (resarch rocket launched from aircraft) by ONR and University of Maryland team, a 2.75-inch FFAR rocket fired from a Navy F2H-2 aircraft to an altitude of approximately 180,000 feet. Rockair technique first suggested by Herman Oberth (1929) and others.
1955 November 1 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USN.
Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
1955 November 1 - .
Launch Site:
NAOTS.
Launch Platform: F2H2.
LV Family:
FFAR.
Launch Vehicle:
Rockair.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USN.
Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
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