General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STAINLESS STEEL/ FIBREGLASS/ CERAMIC NOZZLE PART

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

550.0 cm

Width

89.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

68.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Space science

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bristol

Country

Canada

State/Province

Manitoba

City

Winnipeg

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

ONE OF CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT BLACK BRANT ROCKETS USED IN CANADIAN SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM TO EXPLORE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. TECHNOLOGY WAS DEVELOPED IN CANADA BY CARDE OF NATIONAL DEFENCE FOR BB1 & BB2 ROCKETS. IN 1960 TECHNOLOGY WAS TRANSFERRED TOBRISTOL IN WINNIPEG FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.

Function

A HIGH ALTITUDE SOUNDING ROCKET DESIGNED TO CARRY INSTRUMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS & OBSERVATIONS INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE & FROM WHICH INSTRUMENT READINGS WERE TELEMETERED TO EARTH.

Technical

BLACK BRANTS WERE HIGH-PERFORMANCE SOLID PROPELLANT UNGUIDED ROCKETS. BB3 WAS PRODUCED BY BRISTOL AS SINGLE STAGE VEHICLE BUT COULD ALSO BE USED AS STAGE FOR MULTI-STAGE ROCKETS. IT COULD CARRY PAYLOAD OF 90 KG & 190 CM LENGTH.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NOZZLE TAG READS 'NOZZLE BB III/ PART NO. 600-13128-1-901 MODEL OR TYPE STATIC ONLY/ SERIAL NO. BAW-LN-25C/ R/T NO. 3466-N9/ DATE: FEB 18/70/ REFURBISHED YES'/ TAIL ASSEMBLY TAG READS 'P/N 600 13127-11/ R/T 2198-N2/ SER. #BAW-TA3-81'

Missing

N/A

Finish

PAINTED CHERRY RED (ONE OF COLOURS USED ON EARLIER BLACK BRANTS - PAINTED BY BRISTOL BEFORE ARRIVAL AT NMST)

Decoration

N/A