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词条 Shavetail
释义

  1. Design and development

  2. Operational history

  3. References

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|country-origin = United States
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|diameter = {{convert|6|in}}
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|stages = One
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|status = Retired
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Shavetail was an experimental American rocket developed during the 1950s. Used to evaluate the rapidly developing technology of rocketry, eleven Shavetail rockets were fired during 1959.

Design and development

Intended to assist in the development of rocket and missile technologies, Shavetail was a small, inexpensive, unguided solid-fueled rocket that was capable of being modified to be tested in various configurations.[1] Among the systems tested was one to ensure precise payload separation at motor burnout.[2]

Operational history

A series of eleven launches of the Shavetail rocket were conducted in late 1959, starting in August and ending in October.[3] The maximum range of Shavetail was {{convert|6|mi}}.[1]

References

Notes
1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wsmr-history.org/Shavetail.htm |title=Shavetail |work=White Sands Missile Range Missile Park |publisher=White Sands Missile Range Museum |accessdate=2011-01-19}}
2. ^Baker 1978, p.142.
3. ^Parsch 2007
Bibliography
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  • {{cite book|last=Baker|first=David|title=The Rocket: The History and Development of Rocket & Missile Technology|year=1978|publisher=Crown|location=New york|isbn=978-0517534045}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/other.html |title=(Other): "Missile Scrapbook" |first=Andreas |last=Parsch |year=2007 |work=Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles |publisher=designation-systems.net |accessdate=2011-01-19}}
{{refend}}{{Rank rockets}}{{Missile types}}

2 : Experimental rockets of the United States|Cold War rockets of the United States

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