Time of firing: 0849 MST
    Agency: Signal Corps Engineering Laboratory, University of Michigan
    Altitude: 4.4 miles

UPPER AIR INSTRUMENTS

    Composition: Same sample-bottle instrumentation as in V-2 No. 59

DATA RECOVERY INSTRUMENTS

    Telemeter: Pulse-widening feature of radar beacon used as a single-channel system
    Airborne recorder: One APL camera to record missile aspect
    Physical recovery: Nose cone separated by M-2 jato; warhead separated by primer
        cord

BALLISTIC INSTRUMENTS

    Airborne
        Beacon: AN/APN-55s
        Radio cutoff: AN/ARW-37 FM control cutoff receiver

ROCKET INFORMATION

    Unfueled rocket weight: 10,140 lb
    Unfueled rocket C.G.: 257.5 in. from venturi exit
    Takeoff weight: 29,701 lb

ROCKET PERFORMANCE

    Firing angle: 0.0 degrees
    Program angle: Seven degrees
    Firing time: 0850 MST
    Altitude to zenith: 23,300 ft
    Impact time: 90.33 sec
    Impact coordinates: 0.537 mi. at 320 degrees azimuth

BALLISTIC DATA

    Theodolites: Askania trajectory data from 0 to 25 sec
    Cameras: Bowen-Knapp trajectory data from 0 to 14 sec
    Radar: Trajectory data from 14 to 87 sec

DATA RECOVERY

    Physical recovery: Parachutes recovered in fair shape

EXPERIMENTAL DATA

    No results

COMMENTS

    Rocket performance: Explosion in tail section at 27 sec, thrust terminated. Rocket
        demolished on impact

REPORTS AND PAPERS

    "Atmospheric Phenomena at High Altitudes," Engineering Research Institute, Uni-
        versity of Michigan, Progress Report No. 3, Contract DA-36-039 sc-15443,
        October 1952
    WSPG Report of V-2 TF-5
    FDL Advance Data Report No. 333, Numerical and graphical trajectory data from
        Bowen-Knapp observations of V-2 TF-5
    FDL Advance Data Report No. 463, Numerical and graphical trajectory data from
        Askania observations of V-2 TF-5
    WSSCA Radar Data Report, Numerical and graphical trajectory data from radar
        observations of V-2 TF-5