Rocket, Flying Model, Satellite Launcher

Object Details

Manufacturer

Model Products Corporation

Summary

This is a Satellite Launcher flying rocket model built by Model Products in the late 1950s or 1960s. It is not known whether it was flown. The model has a pasteboard body and plastic fins, nosecone, and parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of a parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. The model is launched from a launch pad, with a hand-held launch controller being used to ignite the motor.

The model was donated by G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket and missile models, in 1973.

Credit Line

Gift of G. Harry Stine

Inventory Number

A19930842000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

MODELS-Missiles & Rockets

Materials

Cardboard, Plastic, Paint, Nylon, Brass, Steel

Dimensions

Other: 1ft 9 1/4in. x 3 1/4in. x 3 5/8in., 0.2lb. (53.98 x 8.26 x 9.21cm, 0.1kg)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Record ID

nasm_A19930842000

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv937f1aacd-e3f5-4c2e-ba8d-21413e96a78a