Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Company
- Summary
- Shown here is the post-boost propulsion system for the Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Unlike the solid-propellant lower stages, the post-boost system carried liquid propellants to help steer the missile. The system consists of small propellant tanks and a smaller helium tank to provide pressure to force the propellants into the combustion chambers.
- Upon precise electronic commands, the system activates small bursts of thrust from four equidistant nozzles around the wall of the missile, thereby correctiing its attitude.
- Bell Aerosystems donated the post-boost propulsion system to the Smithsonian in 1968.
- Credit Line
- Bell Aerosystems Co,
- ca. 1964-1966
- Inventory Number
- A19680574000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Aluminum
- Stainless Steel
- Paint
- Phenolic Resin
- Fiberglass
- Plastic
- Adhesive
- Paper
- Ink
- Rubber
- Steel
- Cadmium Plating
- Dimensions
- Overall: 45.1 × 110.5cm (17 3/4 × 43 1/2 in.)
- Overall: 326.6kg (720lb.)
- Storage: 123.5 × 123.2 × 61cm (48 5/8 × 48 1/2 × 24 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_A19680574000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv939a9fac8-dfdf-4e52-b0a3-be2801cc22f2
