|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
I've tried Googling with no success: does anyone know the current
altitude record for a single stage vehicle? Nicholas Hill |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
On Sat, 31 May 2008 02:03:01 -0700 (PDT), in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: I've tried Googling with no success: does anyone know the current altitude record for a single stage vehicle? Orbit, if you don't count the sustainers on the Atlas. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
On May 31, 4:03 am, wrote:
I've tried Googling with no success: does anyone know the current altitude record for a single stage vehicle? Nicholas Hill Dunno, but ESA's MAXUS gets to a bit more than 700 km. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
wrote in message
... I've tried Googling with no success: does anyone know the current altitude record for a single stage vehicle? Nicholas Hill Note that altitude isn't an overly useful metric. Velocity AND altitude matter. 700km isn't overly useful if it's straight up and down. -- Greg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
On May 31, 6:23 am, " wrote:
On May 31, 4:03 am, wrote: I've tried Googling with no success: does anyone know the current altitude record for a single stage vehicle? Nicholas Hill Dunno, but ESA's MAXUS gets to a bit more than 700 km. ? 700 km at zero payload ? What's the inert shell or hull worth? What inert mass is the MAXUS w/nuclear warhead worth? .. - Brad Guth |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
On May 31, 2:23*pm, " wrote:
On May 31, 4:03 am, wrote: I've tried Googling with no success: does anyone know the current altitude record for a single stage vehicle? Nicholas Hill Dunno, but ESA's MAXUS gets to a bit more than 700 km. The reason I'm asking is that I've heard it said that Black Knioght BK03 holds the record at 499miles, or 795 km. I was wondering whther this was true, and whether it's still true. It was fired at 88 degrees to the horizontal. I agree that altitude per se is no great achievement in itself. Atlas SCORE would win, if you count it as single stage! |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
On May 31, 8:51 am, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote: 700km isn't overly useful if it's straight up and down. It is if the object of the flight is to do microgravity experiments. Actually, ISTR that such flights are launched a little to the east to bring the landing area closer to the launch site. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
|
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Altitude record for a single stage rocket
I don't think there's a fair way to avoid counting the sustainers on
Atlas in response to this question: the rocket couldn't even lift off without them. The same goes for aircraft launch. If we are talking one integral stage, then Maxus seems to have the record. A max of 700km or so leaves far behind the largest single- stage American rockets I can think of, like Aerobee and Viking, as well as the maximum reach (about 200 km, IIRC) of any of the V-2s fired in Germany or in the U.S. I can't find a number for the single- stage (unboosted) Black Brandt V, but it's well short of that, I am sure. I found a Maxus 7 record of 702 km and an estimate for a Maxus 6 at 710, and I think that's likely to be it. We could build an SSTO rocket (proposed many times, but never deemed feasible - or, at least, those who have the funds to do it have never deemed it desirable). An SSTO would in all likelihood be able to best the Maxus if you aimed it straight up, but there would be no apparent reason to fly one that way. Matt Bille SciTech News and Comment: http://mattbille.blogspot.com |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Record breaking rocket flight. I am surprised | [email protected] | Policy | 11 | December 15th 05 12:40 AM |
ATK Rocket Motors and Composites Help Launch New Earth Observation Satellite Aboard Delta II Rocket | Jacques van Oene | News | 0 | May 24th 05 04:08 PM |
Is single stage to orbit, now dead? | Brian Gaff | Space Shuttle | 6 | May 13th 05 05:02 AM |
Book, Single Stage to Orbit | Edward Rupp | Policy | 0 | February 8th 04 01:36 AM |
Single stage to orbit, Atlas | Jan Philips | History | 79 | October 14th 03 07:05 AM |