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Seabee
Part of Sea Dragon
American sea-launched test vehicle. Seabee was a brief proof of principle program to validate the sea-launch concept for Sea Dragon. A surplus Aerobee rocket was modified so that it could be fired underwater. The rocket worked properly the first time in restrained mode. Later tests were made with various approaches to readying the unit for repeat firings. This proved to be so simple that the cost of turn-around was found to be about 7% of the cost of a new unit.

AKA: Sea Bee. Status: Retired 1961. First Launch: 1961-10-25. Last Launch: 1961-11-02. Number: 2 .

Family: Sea-Launched, test vehicle. People: Truax. Country: USA.
1961 October 25 - . Launch Site: Point Mugu. LV Family: Sea Dragon. Launch Vehicle: Seabee.
1961 November 2 - . Launch Site: Point Mugu. LV Family: Sea Dragon. Launch Vehicle: Seabee.
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