UPPER AIR ROCKET SUMMARY                                                                       V-2
                                                                                                                           NO. 14
IDENTIFICATION                                                                          14 November 1946

    Agency: Palmer Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
    Time: 1331 MST
    Altitude: 0.2 miles

UPPER AIR INSTRUMENTS

    Cosmic radiation: Geiger counter telescope
        Two ionization chambers.

DATA RECOVERY INSTRUMENTS

    Telemeter: PXTA-501, 23 channel NRL PPM/AM system. Four channel Lark FM-FM system
    Recorder: Brass tape recorder
    Physical recovery: None.

BALLISTIC INSTRUMENTS

    Firing Range
        Theodolites: Two Mitchell and three Askania stations
        Cameras: Three Bowen-Knapp stations
        Telescopes: One station
        Radar: Two modified SCR-584 S-Band stations
        Doppler: Four stations.

    Airborne
        Beacon: S-Band transponder
        Doppler: DOVAP transceiver
        Radio Cutoff: AN/ARW-17. FM control receiver for command fuel cutoff.
        Other: Routine propulsion and control performance instruments. (G.E. Co.).

ROCKET PERFORMANCE

    Comments: Rocket deviated to left shortly after takeoff and then corrected to the right and
        slowly changed its course to the south. It leveled off at 1200 ft. altitude and flew in this
            position until emergency fuel cutoff was effected at 31 sec.

EXPERIMENTAL DATA

    Comments: No data obtained due to rocket failure.

REPORTS AND PAPERS

    Preliminary Report of Firing of V-2 No. 14, White Sands Proving Ground, November 1946.
   "V-2 Report No. 8," Minutes of Meeting of the V-2 Upper Atmosphere Research Panel on
        28 January 1947.
    "Final Report, Project Hermes V-2 Missile Program," by L.D. White, Report No. R52A0510,
        General Electric Company, September 1952.

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