UPPER AIR ROCKET SUMMARY                                                                       V-2
                                                                                                                           NO. 36
IDENTIFICATION                                                                              6 February 1948

    Time of firing: 1015 MST
    Agency: General Electric Company
    Altitude: 69 miles

UPPER AIR INSTRUMENTS

    No upper air instruments were installed in this rocket

DATA RECOVERY INSTRUMENTS

    Telemeter: 28-channel G.E. PWM/FM system
    Physical recovery: Warhead separation explosives in control chamber

BALLISTIC INSTRUMENTS

    Firing Range
        Theodolites: Two Mitchell and seven Askania stations
        Cameras: Three Bowen-Knapp stations
        Telescopes: Two stations
        Radar: Two modified SCR-584 S-band radars
        Doppler: Four stations

    Airborne
        Beacon: G.E. S-band transponder
        Doppler: Dovap transceiver
        Radio Cutoff: Two AN/ARW-17. FM receivers for command fuel cutoff. and blowoff
        Aspect: Three heliographs in tail fins (SCEL)

ROCKET INFORMATION

    Payload weight: 2200 lb
    Unfueled rocket weight: 8879 lb
    Unfueled rocket C.G.: 233.3 in.
    Gross weight at takeoff: 28,454 lb

ROCKET PERFORMANCE

    Firing angle: 0.0 degrees true
    Program angle: Program and course manually introduced
    Time to burnout: 67 sec.
    Velocity at burnout: 4,850 ft/sec.
    Altitude at burnout: 22 miles
    Time to zenith: 197 sec.
    Altitude to zenith: 69 miles
    Time to blowoff: 315 sec
    Altitude to tail blowoff: 28 miles
    Flight duration: 440 sec
    Impact coordinates: Body - 3.7 mi. east and 1.4 mi. south; warhead - 2.4 mi. east
        and 1.8 mi. south

BALLISTIC DATA

    Theodolites: Complete flight tracked, operation satisfactory
    Cameras: 13 sec of flight recorded
    Telescopes: Complete flight tracked
    Radar: Poor beacon signals received to blowoff
    Doppler: Record to blowoff with few gaps
    Impact location: Visual with ground search

DATA RECOVERY

    Telemeter: Record from 0 to 44 sec
    Physical recovery: Two heliographs recovered

COMMENTS

    Rocket performance: Satisfactory
    Experiment: Rocket successfully maneuvered by manual ground command for first
        40 sec of burning
    Other: Spare cutoff transmitter needed to effect blowoff

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