General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALUMINUM BASE/ STAINLESS STEEL CASING

Dimensions

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

Length

182.9 cm

Width

40.7 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Military

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bendix

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1963-1967?. FIRST MARTLET 3A WAS LAUNCHED IN SEPT. 1963; THE HARP PROGRAM WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1967.

Canada

HARP WAS A MAJOR CANADIAN SPACE PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY. DR. GERALD BULL, FIRST AT CARDE OF DRB (1959-1961) & LATER AT THE SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY. THE RESEARCH WAS FUNDED BY CANADIAN & AMERICAN INTERESTS; SEVERAL CANADIAN COMPANIES RECEIVED SUBCONTRACTS & SEVERAL CANADIAN UNIVERSITITES WERE INVOLVED.

Function

THE MARTLET ROCKET WAS THE PROJECTILE LAUNCHED FROM THE HARP GUN, & CARRIED A PAYLOAD OF INSTRUMENTATION TO EXAMINE SUCH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AS COMPOSITION, TEMPERATURE, WINDS, METEOR SHOWERS, THE IMPACT OF METEORITES, ETC.

Technical

THE MARTLET 1 & 2 ROCKETS WERE NON-ASSISTED BALLISTIC GLIDE VEHICLES; THE 6 IN. MARTLET 3A (930009) WAS THE FIRST SOLD-PROPELLANT ROCKET ASSIST VEHICLE, A HIGH ALTITUDE VEHICLE LAUNCHED FROM THE 16 IN. GUN AT THE BARBADOS LAUNCH SITE. THIS EXAMPLE HAS 6 FINS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL 4. THE 3A WAS SUPERCEDED BY THE STEEL BODY 8 IN. MARTLET 3B.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING 'TYPE MARTLET/ MCGILL UNIVERSITY MONTREAL/ HARP PROJECT/ MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY/ AVIATION ELECTRIC/ LIMITED'

Missing

None noted.

Finish

METALLIC

Decoration

N/A