| NASA Center: |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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| Image # : |
WI-88-589-4 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1988
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Title
Black Brant XII Launch
Full Description
The four-stage Black Brandt shown here blasting off from a launch pad at the
Wallops Island Flight Facility in rural Virginia is at 66 feet (20 meters), the
tallest of NASA's 13 sounding rockets. These rockets can carry scientific
payloads of various weights up to 1,213 lbs. (550 kg) to altitudes from 30 miles
(48 km) to more than 800 miles (1,287 km). Researchers like to use sounding
rockets because they offer an inexpensive means for conducting space,
microgravity and Earth science research and have proven to be invaluable test
beds for new technologies. The Wallops facility conducts about 35 launches per
year.
Keywords
Black Brant Sounding Rocket Wallops Island
Subject Category
Rocket Launches, Wallops Island,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
GSFC
- Center Number:
WI-88-589-4
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001325
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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