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Development of the Hawk/Nike Hawk sounding rocket vehiclesA new sounding rocket family, the Hawk and Nike-Hawk Vehicles, have been developed, flight tested and added to the NASA Sounding Rocket Vehicle Stable. The Hawk is a single-stage vehicle that will carry 35.6 cm diameter payloads weighing 45.5 kg to 91 kg to altitudes of 78 km to 56 km, respectively. The two-stage Nike-Hawk will carry payloads weighing 68 kg to 136 kg to altitudes of 118 km to 113 km, respectively. Both vehicles utilize the XM22E8 Hawk rocket motor which is available in large numbers as a surplus item from the U.S. Army. The Hawk fin and tail can hardware were designed in-house. The Nike tail can and fin hardware are surplus Nike-Ajax booster hardware. Development objectives were to provide a vehicle family with a larger diameter, larger volume payload capability than the Nike-Apache and Nike-Tomahawk vehicles at comparable cost. Both vehicles performed nominally in flight tests.
Document ID
19760052769
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Flowers, B. J.
(NASA Wallops Flight Center Wallops Island, Va., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1976
Subject Category
Launch Vehicles And Space Vehicles
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 76-1864
Meeting Information
Meeting: Sounding Rocket Technology Conference
Location: Boston, MA
Start Date: June 23, 1976
End Date: June 25, 1976
Sponsors: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Accession Number
76A35735
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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