Aerojet General X-8
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aerojet-general-x-8-185-9420977
title:
Aerojet General X-8
text:
The Aerojet General X-8 was an unguided, spin-stabilized sounding rocket designed to launch a 150 lb (68 kg) payload to 200,000 feet (61.0 km). The X-8 was a version of the prolific Aerobee rocket family. Towards the end of World War II, the US Army and the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory had developed a meteorological sounding rocket, the WAC Corporal. The U.S. Army had also captured enough parts to assemble perhaps 100 German V-2 guided missiles. The Army determi
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Experimental spin-stabilized rocket for very high altitude research
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerojet_General_X-8
date created:
2004-08-31T18:03:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T02:10:21Z
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