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Aeolus : AL5


By asri - Posted on 08 September 2009

According to Flight magazine (April 1960) this flight was prove the performance of ground instrumentation systems at woomera. This included phototheodolites which photographed flashes emitted from the rocket against the star background. It also states that this flight reached an apogee of 80 miles.

Date: 
1960:03:23:11:20 GMT
LaunchVehicle: 
aeolus
RecordID: 
AL5
Stabilized: 
Unknown
LaunchArea: 
LA-2
Apogee: 
81 km (51 mi)
Purpose: 
Aeronomy