Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

ALUMINUM BASE/ STAINLESS STEEL CASING

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

182,9 cm

Largeur

40,7 cm

Hauteur

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Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie de l'espace

Catégorie

Militaire

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Bendix

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Ville

Montréal

Contexte

Pays

Amérique du Nord

État/province

Inconnu

Période

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.

Fonction

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.

Technique

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 THE 3A WAS SUPERCEDED BY THE STEEL BODY 8 IN.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.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

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

Manque

None noted.

Fini

METALLIC

Décoration

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