| NASA Center: |
Langley Research Center |
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| Image # : |
L-44585 |
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| Date : |
06/27/1945
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Title
Pilotless Aircraft Research Division
Full Description
The launching of the first rocket at the NACA's Wallop's Island Facility on June
27, 1945. Joseph Shortal described this launch as follows: "The initial
operations on June 27, 1945 on Wallops were to check the tracking station
location and operation, check the use of CW (Doppler radar for measuring
velocities of missiles and to gain experience with actual rockets. Five 3.25
inch rockets were fired at 39.4 elevation angle, and one each at 33.7, 29.3, and
21.5. All were fired in a direction parallel to the beach to simulate the first
Tiamat missile launching. Four of the eight rockets were tracked satisfactorily
by the SCR-584 radar located at the mainland tracking station 2 and a strong
signal was obtained on the CW radar."
Keywords
Rocket Launching Tiamat Wallops Island NACA
Subject Category
NACA-LaRC, Wallops Island,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
LARC
- Center Number:
L-44585
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001251
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NACA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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