Chapter 5
INSTROSST Cage
8.1
SAMPLER AND ISSTSCMENTATION ROCKETS
6.1.1
Introductica
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Instmmect carriers for the Teak and Orange events! were fin-stabilized,
ballistic-type rockets.
These vehicles are propelled by solid-fvel rockets
from a £4-foot rail Launcher.
Each diagnostic rocket was launched so as to
be in position at its apogee point at tine zero.
Of the two rad-chem samplers
launched for Teak, owe was launched so as to be at apogee at zero tine, while
tbe second sampler was progtacmmed to pass through air zero 20 secouds aiter
zero tim.
For Orange, three samplers vere progra=med to pass through an al-
titude of 160,000 feet above the burse point at 40, G0, and 90 seconds, respectively, efter rero time.
seconds after zero.
A fourth was to pass through 170,000 feet 120
Trajectory control was achieved by ballasting the carriers
aod varying launcher elevatica and azimuth angles.
A total of six instmment
carriers and two rad-chem sampler rockets were launched for the Teak event.
Four rad-chea samplers and three diagnostic rockets were launched for the
Orange event.
Teak and Orange instrument locations are shown in Figs. 1.1
and 1.2 and more accurate locations are tabulated in Table 1.1.
8.1.2 Aerodynenics and Design
The aerodynasic configuration (Fig. 8.1) of the vehicles is of two cypes:
a single-stage design which is essentially the same for all carriers used below 80,000 feet, and a two-stage configuration for the high-altitude carriers
and rad-chea samplers.
The second stage of the Latter is identical to the
single stage except for a reduction in lergth of the midsection and the absence
of launcher shoes on the second stage.
tion, is a 3.0-caliber, ogive shape.
The nose, which houses the instmoentaGeometry of the fins is the saz for all
stages and is the result of a coapronise for si=plicity, stability, and aeroelastic requiresents.