Boosted Arcas

Boosted Arcas is the designation of an American sounding rocket. The Boosted Arcas consists of a first stage of the type ARC booster.[1] The Boosted Arcas 2 used a MARC 42A1 booster.[2] The maximum altitude of the Boosted Arcas amounts to 50 km, the takeoff thrust 1,00 kN, the diameter 0,11 m and the length 3,40 m. The Boosted Arcas was launched 78 times between 1963 and 1972.

References

  1. ↑ "Boosted Arcas". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Boosted Arcas II". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2015-08-05.

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