Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Hercules Powder Co. and Alleghany Ballistic Lab
- Summary
- Shown here is the X217C1 experimental Jet-Assisted-Take-Off (JATO)) rocket motor, made in September 1957 by the Alleghany Ballisrtics Laboratory and powered by a double-base type propellant. The Navy's bureau of ordnance acquired this motor, perhaps for a larger missile system.
- Donated by the U.S. Army (Fort Benjamin Harrison).
- Credit Line
- U.S. Army, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
- Inventory Number
- A19781624000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Steel
- Paint
- Paper
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 130.8 × 20.3cm (51 1/2 × 8 in.)
- Other: 40 1/2lb. (18.4kg)
- Other (casing): 44 1/4in. (112.4cm)
- Other (nozzle): 18.4cm (7 1/4 in.)
- Storage: 137.8 × 27 × 24.4cm (54 1/4 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19781624000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9465b0c2b-dccb-4055-8c42-db776a8a188c
