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Jupiter C should be Removed. It was a test vehicle, not a sounding rocket[edit]

The US Army's Redstone Arsenal makes it very clear that both the Jupiter A and Jupiter C were research and development vehicles. They were modified Redstone missiles used in the development of the Jupiter missile (thus the "Jupiter" names).

The Redstone Arsenal Historic Information page covering the Jupiter missile at http://history.redstone.army.mil/space-jupiter.html states: "The actual flight testing in support of JUPITER development was divided into three phases. Two of these used the REDSTONE as the flight test vehicle to prove out JUPITER components. Designated as JUPITER A’s, 25 missiles were fired between September 1955 and June 1958. Objectives of these tests were to obtain design criteria, apply the angle-of-attack meter to the IRBM, evolve separation procedures, prove guidance system accuracy, and design and prove propulsion system thrust control. To solve the re-entry problem, three missiles designated as JUPITER C’s were flown. As to the tally, 20 of the 25 JUPITER A’s were rated as mission achieved, two registered partial successes, and three were considered to be unsuccessful. All three of the JUPITER C’s performed well. On the second firing, an attempt was made to recover the nose cone, and this failed. However, on the third and last re-entry test, the nose cone was recovered. Success was such that it was no longer necessary to continue this phase of the program, as one of the tests had ably proven the theory of long-range missile flight and the other had demonstrated that the re-entry body could be brought from space into the sensible atmosphere without disintegrating."

The Jupiter A and Jupiter C were not sounding rockets used for scientific reasearch. They were dedicated research and development vehicles devised and launched to aid in the development of the Jupiter IRBM.

Mark Lincoln (talk) 23:28, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Coqui should be removed. It was a campaign, not a sounding rocket.[edit]

Coqui and Coqui II were campaigns during which a variety of NASA's sounding rockets were used. The rockets used in the Coqui campaigns included Nike-Tomahawk,Terrier-Black Brant VC and Black Brant IX.

The NASA Final Report on NAS8-38609, one of the experiments conducted during the campaign, makes it very clear that Coqui was a campaign, not a vehicle.

For example the statement: "The achievement of this goals is clearly demonstrated in the appendices attached to this report and the success, in both scientific and public relation terms, of the El Coqui rocket campaign." As does the statement: "The CRRES experiments held during the El Coqui Sounding Rocket Campaign were fully and successfully documented."

Appendix B of the report lists the sounding rockets used in the Chemical Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) Program.

Appendix B. CRRESSoundingRockets Launched from Tortugero, Puerto Rico.

1. Nike-Tomahawk 18.224 UE/Ducan/Clemson Launch Date and Time: 05-25-92, 23:52:00 GMT (7.52 PM local) Actual Launcher Settings: 83.9 deg. QE, 340.0 deg. Az. Actual Apogee Altitude: 293.2 km Actual Impact Range: 187.6 km Release Altitude: 250, 270, and 290 km (1).

2. Terrier-Black Brant VC 36.065 DE/Berhardt/NRL Launch Date and Time: 05-30-92, 08:11:00 GMT Actual Launcher Settings: 84.6 deg. QE, 330.0 deg. Az. Actual Apogee Altitude: 385.4 km Actual Impact Range: 229.8 km @ LOS Release Altitude: 285 km on upleg.

3. Terrier-Black Brant VC 36.064 CE/Szuszczewicz/SAIC Launch Date and Time: 06-06-92, 08:37:31 GMT Actual Launcher Settings: 84.0 deg. QE, 357.0 deg. Az. Actual Apogee Altitude: 367.4 km Actual Impact Range: 175.9 km Release Altitude: 173, 176.3 and two at 230.4 km (2).

4. Terrier-Black Brant VC 36.081 CE/Djuth/Geospace Corporation Launch Date and Time: 07-12-92, 09:02:00 GMT Actual Launcher Settings: 82.6 deg. QE, 313.0 deg. Az. Actual Apogee Altitude: 368.4 km Actual Impact Range: 200 km @ LOS Release Altitude: 250 km (3).

5. Terrier-Black Brant V'C 36.082 DE/Weber/AFGL Launch Date and Time: 07-02-92, 09:01:12 GMT Actual Launcher Settings: 85.0 deg. QE, 325.0 deg. Az. Actual Apogee Altitude: 430.6 km Actual Impact Range: 260.7 km @ LOS Release Altitude: 250 km (3).

6. Terrier-Black Brant VC 36.083 DE/Weber/AFGL Launch Date and Time: 07-04-92, 08:58:00 GMT Actual Launcher Settings: 82.7 deg. QE, 312.8 deg. Az. Actual Apogee Altitude: 421.0 km Actual Impact Range: 322 km @ LOS Release Altitude: 250 km (3).

Mark Lincoln (talk) 00:16, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]