Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Aerojet Engineering Corp.
- Summary
- Shown here is a booster rocket for the JB-2 Loon submarine-launched guided missile. Built by Aeroject Engineering Corporation, the booster produced a thrust of 33,000 pounds for half a second. Unlike the standard booster, which used four separate solid-fuel JATOs that burned longer--for two seconds--this unit embodied the Navy's desire to adapt a "zero-length" launch capability to the Loon. The Navy conducted tests with this variant booster aboard the USS Cusk off the California coast in 1947-1948.
- The Navy canceled the Loon program in 1950 in favor of the longer-range and more accurate Regulus I guided missile.
- Transferred from the U.S. Navy.
- Credit Line
- Donated by U.S. Navy
- ca. 1948
- Inventory Number
- A20070063001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
- Materials
- Ferrous Alloy
- Paint
- Cement
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Overall): 370.8 × 76.2 × 96.5cm (12 ft. 2 in. × 2 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 2 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_A20070063001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95c21b7b7-1327-46f5-8d6e-a32e693bbd5b
