Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Wright Aeronautical Div., Curtiss-Wright Corp., Wood-Ridge, NJ
- Summary
- This is a strip of WSR-2 rocket motors, claimed as the world's smallest rocket motors. The motor, developed from 1962 by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in conjunction with the Air Force, was designed to make extremely fine steering adjustments on satellites like Tiros. Primarily, the WSR-2 was to help the satellite maintain its spinning rate.
- When used on Tiros, 100 caps could be fired in each burst and each unit could produce a burst of one pound of thrust for less than two-hundreths of a second. A special cap pistol device was used to fire the motors by electrical impulses.
- This object was found in the collections of the Smithsonian.
- Inventory Number
- A19870192000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Each motor, glass fiber phenolic; nozzles, quartz-phenolic.
- Dimensions
- Other: 1 1/4 in. long x 1/8 in. wide (3.2 x 0.3cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Rockets & Missiles
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19870192000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ca3dbdc1-3ca2-4f74-9237-a5ef5a5ee2f2
