When was the first strap-on booster used in spaceflight?
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The first use of the term "strap-on" in Google Ngram viewer is in 1930 and presumably that wasn't about a booster being attached to a rocket for additional thrust at lift-off.
When was a strap-on booster first used in spaceflight; beyond Karman, suborbital is allowed.
Was it in the late 1980's when the term had a sudden rise in popularity?
launch history terminology booster
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The first use of the term "strap-on" in Google Ngram viewer is in 1930 and presumably that wasn't about a booster being attached to a rocket for additional thrust at lift-off.
When was a strap-on booster first used in spaceflight; beyond Karman, suborbital is allowed.
Was it in the late 1980's when the term had a sudden rise in popularity?
launch history terminology booster
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Maybe you should also take a look at similar terms, such as "side booster"?
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– Everyday Astronaut
2 days ago
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@EverydayAstronaut it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. Ngram is available to everyone at books.google.com/ngrams
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– uhoh
2 days ago
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@uhoh I don't think that's an accurate ngram, the words in question are used in many applications. It would look more along the lines of this or this if it were accurate and only referencing space-flight.
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– Magic Octopus Urn
yesterday
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@MagicOctopusUrn I never said it applied only to spaceflight. Once again, it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. I thought it was pretty obvious that since it starts in 1930 it included other usages.
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– uhoh
yesterday
add a comment |
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The first use of the term "strap-on" in Google Ngram viewer is in 1930 and presumably that wasn't about a booster being attached to a rocket for additional thrust at lift-off.
When was a strap-on booster first used in spaceflight; beyond Karman, suborbital is allowed.
Was it in the late 1980's when the term had a sudden rise in popularity?
launch history terminology booster
$endgroup$
The first use of the term "strap-on" in Google Ngram viewer is in 1930 and presumably that wasn't about a booster being attached to a rocket for additional thrust at lift-off.
When was a strap-on booster first used in spaceflight; beyond Karman, suborbital is allowed.
Was it in the late 1980's when the term had a sudden rise in popularity?
launch history terminology booster
launch history terminology booster
edited 2 days ago
uhoh
asked 2 days ago
uhohuhoh
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Maybe you should also take a look at similar terms, such as "side booster"?
$endgroup$
– Everyday Astronaut
2 days ago
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@EverydayAstronaut it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. Ngram is available to everyone at books.google.com/ngrams
$endgroup$
– uhoh
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@uhoh I don't think that's an accurate ngram, the words in question are used in many applications. It would look more along the lines of this or this if it were accurate and only referencing space-flight.
$endgroup$
– Magic Octopus Urn
yesterday
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@MagicOctopusUrn I never said it applied only to spaceflight. Once again, it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. I thought it was pretty obvious that since it starts in 1930 it included other usages.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Maybe you should also take a look at similar terms, such as "side booster"?
$endgroup$
– Everyday Astronaut
2 days ago
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@EverydayAstronaut it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. Ngram is available to everyone at books.google.com/ngrams
$endgroup$
– uhoh
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@uhoh I don't think that's an accurate ngram, the words in question are used in many applications. It would look more along the lines of this or this if it were accurate and only referencing space-flight.
$endgroup$
– Magic Octopus Urn
yesterday
$begingroup$
@MagicOctopusUrn I never said it applied only to spaceflight. Once again, it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. I thought it was pretty obvious that since it starts in 1930 it included other usages.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
$begingroup$
Maybe you should also take a look at similar terms, such as "side booster"?
$endgroup$
– Everyday Astronaut
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Maybe you should also take a look at similar terms, such as "side booster"?
$endgroup$
– Everyday Astronaut
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@EverydayAstronaut it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. Ngram is available to everyone at books.google.com/ngrams
$endgroup$
– uhoh
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@EverydayAstronaut it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. Ngram is available to everyone at books.google.com/ngrams
$endgroup$
– uhoh
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@uhoh I don't think that's an accurate ngram, the words in question are used in many applications. It would look more along the lines of this or this if it were accurate and only referencing space-flight.
$endgroup$
– Magic Octopus Urn
yesterday
$begingroup$
@uhoh I don't think that's an accurate ngram, the words in question are used in many applications. It would look more along the lines of this or this if it were accurate and only referencing space-flight.
$endgroup$
– Magic Octopus Urn
yesterday
$begingroup$
@MagicOctopusUrn I never said it applied only to spaceflight. Once again, it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. I thought it was pretty obvious that since it starts in 1930 it included other usages.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
$begingroup$
@MagicOctopusUrn I never said it applied only to spaceflight. Once again, it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. I thought it was pretty obvious that since it starts in 1930 it included other usages.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
add a comment |
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Boosters were in use by 21 August 1957, the first successful suborbital launch of the R-7.
Definition of 'booster':
A booster rocket (or engine) is either the first stage of a multistage launch vehicle, or else a shorter-burning rocket used in parallel with longer-burning sustainer rockets to augment the space vehicle's takeoff thrust and payload capability.
The term "Strap-on booster" is somewhat ambiguous. Literally, it means the booster is attached to the rocket via straps. I don't know any boosters that are attached like that: they are usually attached via fittings that are part of the booster's structure, and not a separate band that runs around the booster's body.
Some people use "strap-on booster" as a synonym for "booster", but that's pointless.
Strap-on boosters are, in my opinion, a subclass: this refers to boosters that are optional, i.e. the core stage can be launched either without or with boosters.
Some notable rockets that used strap-on boosters:
- Titan 3, first launch of a Titan 3C with boosters was in 1965.
Ariane 3, first launch in 1984.
Delta 2, first launch 1989.
From this list, I'd say the Titan 3 is the first operational rocket to use strap-on boosters.
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Wikipedia does use the term strap-on in several R-7 related pages.
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– amI
2 days ago
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According to the Wikipedia article on the Titan IIIC the first flight of that vehicle was on 1965 June 18. Prior to that, on 1964 August 19 a successful flight of a rocket variously known as the "Thrust Augmented Delta" (TAD) or "Delta D" or "Thor-Delta D" ushered in operational use of strap-ons for US launch systems. The TAD flew again successfully on 1965 April 6.
After that the success with the TAD prompted the highly successful Delta series of medium-lift launchers. This article discusses the development from the single-engine Thor IRBM to the Delta series. Concerning the adoption of thrust augmenters,
After the Sputnik shock, all available assets were pressed into
service. Thor was developed into a workhorse for the space program.
The Able stage developed for the Vanguard project was mated to the
Thor. A fundamental problem was that the thrust to weight ratio of the
basic vehicle left little margin for growth or larger upper stages.
This was solved by using Castor solid rockets strapped to the base of
the vehicle to increase the lift-off thrust. Almost by accident rather
than design, Thor developed into the Delta, the standard American
medium-lift launcher, continually evolving through the use of more and
larger strap-on boosters, a cylindrical and stretched core, and
enlarged upper stages.
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Thanks! Some possibly related JATO material here space.stackexchange.com/a/34020/12102 ?
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– uhoh
2 days ago
add a comment |
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Moving further into the past (since you allowed suborbital flights, and this vehicle has a stated apogee of 240 miles, well above the line-whose-name-shall-not-be-spoken) there is the Sergeant-Delta aka Shotput.
on October 28, 1959, NASA launched a 30-m (100-ft) inflatable sphere
into a suborbital trajectory from Wallops Island as part of Project
Shotput. Project Shotput used a Sergeant-Delta launch vehicle to test
payloads for the Echo passive communications satellite project.
..................
Sergeant-Delta: A large rocket used by NASA in Project Shotput in
preparation for launching the Echo satellites. Consisted of a Sergeant
plus 2 strapped-on Recruits plus a Delta X-248 second stage.
Source NASA Sounding Rockets
Image source
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1
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My head is spinning! Help me understand what Farside, a ten "stage" rockoon looked like? How was it configured?
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– uhoh
yesterday
1
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I don't know the proper configuration-agnostic term for a propulsive component of a stack of unspecified configuration in this case, so I used stage, then added quotes to it.
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– uhoh
yesterday
1
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I'm kind of sad, a 10 stager would have been awesome. This Farside's pretty cool though, total burn time < 8 seconds and it goes to 2000 miles. That's some savage acceleration.
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– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
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yes, my head continues to spin...
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– uhoh
yesterday
add a comment |
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Boosters were in use by 21 August 1957, the first successful suborbital launch of the R-7.
Definition of 'booster':
A booster rocket (or engine) is either the first stage of a multistage launch vehicle, or else a shorter-burning rocket used in parallel with longer-burning sustainer rockets to augment the space vehicle's takeoff thrust and payload capability.
The term "Strap-on booster" is somewhat ambiguous. Literally, it means the booster is attached to the rocket via straps. I don't know any boosters that are attached like that: they are usually attached via fittings that are part of the booster's structure, and not a separate band that runs around the booster's body.
Some people use "strap-on booster" as a synonym for "booster", but that's pointless.
Strap-on boosters are, in my opinion, a subclass: this refers to boosters that are optional, i.e. the core stage can be launched either without or with boosters.
Some notable rockets that used strap-on boosters:
- Titan 3, first launch of a Titan 3C with boosters was in 1965.
Ariane 3, first launch in 1984.
Delta 2, first launch 1989.
From this list, I'd say the Titan 3 is the first operational rocket to use strap-on boosters.
$endgroup$
1
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Wikipedia does use the term strap-on in several R-7 related pages.
$endgroup$
– amI
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Boosters were in use by 21 August 1957, the first successful suborbital launch of the R-7.
Definition of 'booster':
A booster rocket (or engine) is either the first stage of a multistage launch vehicle, or else a shorter-burning rocket used in parallel with longer-burning sustainer rockets to augment the space vehicle's takeoff thrust and payload capability.
The term "Strap-on booster" is somewhat ambiguous. Literally, it means the booster is attached to the rocket via straps. I don't know any boosters that are attached like that: they are usually attached via fittings that are part of the booster's structure, and not a separate band that runs around the booster's body.
Some people use "strap-on booster" as a synonym for "booster", but that's pointless.
Strap-on boosters are, in my opinion, a subclass: this refers to boosters that are optional, i.e. the core stage can be launched either without or with boosters.
Some notable rockets that used strap-on boosters:
- Titan 3, first launch of a Titan 3C with boosters was in 1965.
Ariane 3, first launch in 1984.
Delta 2, first launch 1989.
From this list, I'd say the Titan 3 is the first operational rocket to use strap-on boosters.
$endgroup$
1
$begingroup$
Wikipedia does use the term strap-on in several R-7 related pages.
$endgroup$
– amI
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Boosters were in use by 21 August 1957, the first successful suborbital launch of the R-7.
Definition of 'booster':
A booster rocket (or engine) is either the first stage of a multistage launch vehicle, or else a shorter-burning rocket used in parallel with longer-burning sustainer rockets to augment the space vehicle's takeoff thrust and payload capability.
The term "Strap-on booster" is somewhat ambiguous. Literally, it means the booster is attached to the rocket via straps. I don't know any boosters that are attached like that: they are usually attached via fittings that are part of the booster's structure, and not a separate band that runs around the booster's body.
Some people use "strap-on booster" as a synonym for "booster", but that's pointless.
Strap-on boosters are, in my opinion, a subclass: this refers to boosters that are optional, i.e. the core stage can be launched either without or with boosters.
Some notable rockets that used strap-on boosters:
- Titan 3, first launch of a Titan 3C with boosters was in 1965.
Ariane 3, first launch in 1984.
Delta 2, first launch 1989.
From this list, I'd say the Titan 3 is the first operational rocket to use strap-on boosters.
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Boosters were in use by 21 August 1957, the first successful suborbital launch of the R-7.
Definition of 'booster':
A booster rocket (or engine) is either the first stage of a multistage launch vehicle, or else a shorter-burning rocket used in parallel with longer-burning sustainer rockets to augment the space vehicle's takeoff thrust and payload capability.
The term "Strap-on booster" is somewhat ambiguous. Literally, it means the booster is attached to the rocket via straps. I don't know any boosters that are attached like that: they are usually attached via fittings that are part of the booster's structure, and not a separate band that runs around the booster's body.
Some people use "strap-on booster" as a synonym for "booster", but that's pointless.
Strap-on boosters are, in my opinion, a subclass: this refers to boosters that are optional, i.e. the core stage can be launched either without or with boosters.
Some notable rockets that used strap-on boosters:
- Titan 3, first launch of a Titan 3C with boosters was in 1965.
Ariane 3, first launch in 1984.
Delta 2, first launch 1989.
From this list, I'd say the Titan 3 is the first operational rocket to use strap-on boosters.
edited 2 days ago
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Wikipedia does use the term strap-on in several R-7 related pages.
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– amI
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Wikipedia does use the term strap-on in several R-7 related pages.
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– amI
2 days ago
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Wikipedia does use the term strap-on in several R-7 related pages.
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– amI
2 days ago
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Wikipedia does use the term strap-on in several R-7 related pages.
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– amI
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According to the Wikipedia article on the Titan IIIC the first flight of that vehicle was on 1965 June 18. Prior to that, on 1964 August 19 a successful flight of a rocket variously known as the "Thrust Augmented Delta" (TAD) or "Delta D" or "Thor-Delta D" ushered in operational use of strap-ons for US launch systems. The TAD flew again successfully on 1965 April 6.
After that the success with the TAD prompted the highly successful Delta series of medium-lift launchers. This article discusses the development from the single-engine Thor IRBM to the Delta series. Concerning the adoption of thrust augmenters,
After the Sputnik shock, all available assets were pressed into
service. Thor was developed into a workhorse for the space program.
The Able stage developed for the Vanguard project was mated to the
Thor. A fundamental problem was that the thrust to weight ratio of the
basic vehicle left little margin for growth or larger upper stages.
This was solved by using Castor solid rockets strapped to the base of
the vehicle to increase the lift-off thrust. Almost by accident rather
than design, Thor developed into the Delta, the standard American
medium-lift launcher, continually evolving through the use of more and
larger strap-on boosters, a cylindrical and stretched core, and
enlarged upper stages.
$endgroup$
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Thanks! Some possibly related JATO material here space.stackexchange.com/a/34020/12102 ?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
According to the Wikipedia article on the Titan IIIC the first flight of that vehicle was on 1965 June 18. Prior to that, on 1964 August 19 a successful flight of a rocket variously known as the "Thrust Augmented Delta" (TAD) or "Delta D" or "Thor-Delta D" ushered in operational use of strap-ons for US launch systems. The TAD flew again successfully on 1965 April 6.
After that the success with the TAD prompted the highly successful Delta series of medium-lift launchers. This article discusses the development from the single-engine Thor IRBM to the Delta series. Concerning the adoption of thrust augmenters,
After the Sputnik shock, all available assets were pressed into
service. Thor was developed into a workhorse for the space program.
The Able stage developed for the Vanguard project was mated to the
Thor. A fundamental problem was that the thrust to weight ratio of the
basic vehicle left little margin for growth or larger upper stages.
This was solved by using Castor solid rockets strapped to the base of
the vehicle to increase the lift-off thrust. Almost by accident rather
than design, Thor developed into the Delta, the standard American
medium-lift launcher, continually evolving through the use of more and
larger strap-on boosters, a cylindrical and stretched core, and
enlarged upper stages.
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Thanks! Some possibly related JATO material here space.stackexchange.com/a/34020/12102 ?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
According to the Wikipedia article on the Titan IIIC the first flight of that vehicle was on 1965 June 18. Prior to that, on 1964 August 19 a successful flight of a rocket variously known as the "Thrust Augmented Delta" (TAD) or "Delta D" or "Thor-Delta D" ushered in operational use of strap-ons for US launch systems. The TAD flew again successfully on 1965 April 6.
After that the success with the TAD prompted the highly successful Delta series of medium-lift launchers. This article discusses the development from the single-engine Thor IRBM to the Delta series. Concerning the adoption of thrust augmenters,
After the Sputnik shock, all available assets were pressed into
service. Thor was developed into a workhorse for the space program.
The Able stage developed for the Vanguard project was mated to the
Thor. A fundamental problem was that the thrust to weight ratio of the
basic vehicle left little margin for growth or larger upper stages.
This was solved by using Castor solid rockets strapped to the base of
the vehicle to increase the lift-off thrust. Almost by accident rather
than design, Thor developed into the Delta, the standard American
medium-lift launcher, continually evolving through the use of more and
larger strap-on boosters, a cylindrical and stretched core, and
enlarged upper stages.
$endgroup$
According to the Wikipedia article on the Titan IIIC the first flight of that vehicle was on 1965 June 18. Prior to that, on 1964 August 19 a successful flight of a rocket variously known as the "Thrust Augmented Delta" (TAD) or "Delta D" or "Thor-Delta D" ushered in operational use of strap-ons for US launch systems. The TAD flew again successfully on 1965 April 6.
After that the success with the TAD prompted the highly successful Delta series of medium-lift launchers. This article discusses the development from the single-engine Thor IRBM to the Delta series. Concerning the adoption of thrust augmenters,
After the Sputnik shock, all available assets were pressed into
service. Thor was developed into a workhorse for the space program.
The Able stage developed for the Vanguard project was mated to the
Thor. A fundamental problem was that the thrust to weight ratio of the
basic vehicle left little margin for growth or larger upper stages.
This was solved by using Castor solid rockets strapped to the base of
the vehicle to increase the lift-off thrust. Almost by accident rather
than design, Thor developed into the Delta, the standard American
medium-lift launcher, continually evolving through the use of more and
larger strap-on boosters, a cylindrical and stretched core, and
enlarged upper stages.
answered 2 days ago
Tom SpilkerTom Spilker
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11.1k2555
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Thanks! Some possibly related JATO material here space.stackexchange.com/a/34020/12102 ?
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– uhoh
2 days ago
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Thanks! Some possibly related JATO material here space.stackexchange.com/a/34020/12102 ?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Thanks! Some possibly related JATO material here space.stackexchange.com/a/34020/12102 ?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
2 days ago
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Thanks! Some possibly related JATO material here space.stackexchange.com/a/34020/12102 ?
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– uhoh
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Moving further into the past (since you allowed suborbital flights, and this vehicle has a stated apogee of 240 miles, well above the line-whose-name-shall-not-be-spoken) there is the Sergeant-Delta aka Shotput.
on October 28, 1959, NASA launched a 30-m (100-ft) inflatable sphere
into a suborbital trajectory from Wallops Island as part of Project
Shotput. Project Shotput used a Sergeant-Delta launch vehicle to test
payloads for the Echo passive communications satellite project.
..................
Sergeant-Delta: A large rocket used by NASA in Project Shotput in
preparation for launching the Echo satellites. Consisted of a Sergeant
plus 2 strapped-on Recruits plus a Delta X-248 second stage.
Source NASA Sounding Rockets
Image source
$endgroup$
1
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My head is spinning! Help me understand what Farside, a ten "stage" rockoon looked like? How was it configured?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
$begingroup$
I don't know the proper configuration-agnostic term for a propulsive component of a stack of unspecified configuration in this case, so I used stage, then added quotes to it.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
$begingroup$
I'm kind of sad, a 10 stager would have been awesome. This Farside's pretty cool though, total burn time < 8 seconds and it goes to 2000 miles. That's some savage acceleration.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
$begingroup$
yes, my head continues to spin...
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Moving further into the past (since you allowed suborbital flights, and this vehicle has a stated apogee of 240 miles, well above the line-whose-name-shall-not-be-spoken) there is the Sergeant-Delta aka Shotput.
on October 28, 1959, NASA launched a 30-m (100-ft) inflatable sphere
into a suborbital trajectory from Wallops Island as part of Project
Shotput. Project Shotput used a Sergeant-Delta launch vehicle to test
payloads for the Echo passive communications satellite project.
..................
Sergeant-Delta: A large rocket used by NASA in Project Shotput in
preparation for launching the Echo satellites. Consisted of a Sergeant
plus 2 strapped-on Recruits plus a Delta X-248 second stage.
Source NASA Sounding Rockets
Image source
$endgroup$
1
$begingroup$
My head is spinning! Help me understand what Farside, a ten "stage" rockoon looked like? How was it configured?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
$begingroup$
I don't know the proper configuration-agnostic term for a propulsive component of a stack of unspecified configuration in this case, so I used stage, then added quotes to it.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
$begingroup$
I'm kind of sad, a 10 stager would have been awesome. This Farside's pretty cool though, total burn time < 8 seconds and it goes to 2000 miles. That's some savage acceleration.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
$begingroup$
yes, my head continues to spin...
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Moving further into the past (since you allowed suborbital flights, and this vehicle has a stated apogee of 240 miles, well above the line-whose-name-shall-not-be-spoken) there is the Sergeant-Delta aka Shotput.
on October 28, 1959, NASA launched a 30-m (100-ft) inflatable sphere
into a suborbital trajectory from Wallops Island as part of Project
Shotput. Project Shotput used a Sergeant-Delta launch vehicle to test
payloads for the Echo passive communications satellite project.
..................
Sergeant-Delta: A large rocket used by NASA in Project Shotput in
preparation for launching the Echo satellites. Consisted of a Sergeant
plus 2 strapped-on Recruits plus a Delta X-248 second stage.
Source NASA Sounding Rockets
Image source
$endgroup$
Moving further into the past (since you allowed suborbital flights, and this vehicle has a stated apogee of 240 miles, well above the line-whose-name-shall-not-be-spoken) there is the Sergeant-Delta aka Shotput.
on October 28, 1959, NASA launched a 30-m (100-ft) inflatable sphere
into a suborbital trajectory from Wallops Island as part of Project
Shotput. Project Shotput used a Sergeant-Delta launch vehicle to test
payloads for the Echo passive communications satellite project.
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Sergeant-Delta: A large rocket used by NASA in Project Shotput in
preparation for launching the Echo satellites. Consisted of a Sergeant
plus 2 strapped-on Recruits plus a Delta X-248 second stage.
Source NASA Sounding Rockets
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My head is spinning! Help me understand what Farside, a ten "stage" rockoon looked like? How was it configured?
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– uhoh
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I don't know the proper configuration-agnostic term for a propulsive component of a stack of unspecified configuration in this case, so I used stage, then added quotes to it.
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– uhoh
yesterday
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I'm kind of sad, a 10 stager would have been awesome. This Farside's pretty cool though, total burn time < 8 seconds and it goes to 2000 miles. That's some savage acceleration.
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– Organic Marble
yesterday
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yes, my head continues to spin...
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– uhoh
yesterday
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My head is spinning! Help me understand what Farside, a ten "stage" rockoon looked like? How was it configured?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
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I don't know the proper configuration-agnostic term for a propulsive component of a stack of unspecified configuration in this case, so I used stage, then added quotes to it.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
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I'm kind of sad, a 10 stager would have been awesome. This Farside's pretty cool though, total burn time < 8 seconds and it goes to 2000 miles. That's some savage acceleration.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
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yes, my head continues to spin...
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
1
$begingroup$
My head is spinning! Help me understand what Farside, a ten "stage" rockoon looked like? How was it configured?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
$begingroup$
My head is spinning! Help me understand what Farside, a ten "stage" rockoon looked like? How was it configured?
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
1
$begingroup$
I don't know the proper configuration-agnostic term for a propulsive component of a stack of unspecified configuration in this case, so I used stage, then added quotes to it.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
$begingroup$
I don't know the proper configuration-agnostic term for a propulsive component of a stack of unspecified configuration in this case, so I used stage, then added quotes to it.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
1
1
$begingroup$
I'm kind of sad, a 10 stager would have been awesome. This Farside's pretty cool though, total burn time < 8 seconds and it goes to 2000 miles. That's some savage acceleration.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
yesterday
$begingroup$
I'm kind of sad, a 10 stager would have been awesome. This Farside's pretty cool though, total burn time < 8 seconds and it goes to 2000 miles. That's some savage acceleration.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
1
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yes, my head continues to spin...
$endgroup$
– uhoh
yesterday
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yes, my head continues to spin...
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– uhoh
yesterday
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Maybe you should also take a look at similar terms, such as "side booster"?
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@EverydayAstronaut it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. Ngram is available to everyone at books.google.com/ngrams
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– uhoh
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@uhoh I don't think that's an accurate ngram, the words in question are used in many applications. It would look more along the lines of this or this if it were accurate and only referencing space-flight.
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@MagicOctopusUrn I never said it applied only to spaceflight. Once again, it's a visual aid to get the ball rolling. I thought it was pretty obvious that since it starts in 1930 it included other usages.
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