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Astrobee-F
Astrobee-F
The Aerojet-General Astrobee-F was 38 cm diameter solid fuel sounding rocket designed to be a simpler successor to the Aerobee sounding rocket. It featured a dual-thrust motor using the same fuel as the smaller Astrobee-D rocket. Astrobee-F provided increased capability over Aerobee without having a booster stage.
Astrobee-F could carry payloads in th 90 kg to 230 kg range. Most payloads designed for Aerobee launches could be used without significant modifications on Astrobee-F. It had a capability to carry 90 kg to a height of 400 kg or 230 kg to 250 km.
Astrobee-F was compatible with several subsystems designed for Aerobee launches, such as attitude control systems, despin systems, standard instrumentation modules and recovery systems.
| Version | Stage 1 |
|---|---|
| Astrobee-F | Astrobee-F |
Nr: TNr: Date: Vehicle LS Suc Payload
1 1 26.09.1972 Astrobee-F WI LA1? * NASA 12.20GT 2 2 08.05.1974 Astrobee-F WS *F NASA 12.21GT 3 3 15.05.1975 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.03GT-NP 4 4 14.10.1975 Astrobee-F WS * CRL A31.320-02 5 5 30.03.1976 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.13CS-NT (LPARL Solar Corona) 6 6 16.02.1977 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.15GG 7 7 20.02.1977 Astrobee-F WS * LUX/ASE Solar X 8 8 12.03.1977 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.20UG 9 9 19.03.1977 Astrobee-F FC * NASA 25.25UE 10 10 21.07.1977 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.16GG 11 11 27.07.1977 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.21UH (MIT XR) 12 12 29.09.1977 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.22UL 13 13 11.12.1977 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.17GG (GSFC UV Telescope) 14 14 09.01.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.29GA 15 15 10.01.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.12UH 16 16 21.01.1978 Astrobee-F WS * GL A31.603 (CHARGING) 17 17 08.03.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.23UH 18 18 13.03.1978 Astrobee-F FC * NASA 25.31UE 19 19 15.05.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.26DG (NRL Mk II UV Camera) 20 20 20.07.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.37UH 21 21 20.09.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.28UL 22 22 26.09.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.42GG 23 23 01.12.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.38UL 24 24 11.12.1978 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.01UH 25 25 09.01.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.32UL 26 26 17.01.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.10AS 27 27 28.01.1979 Astrobee-F FC * NASA 25.41UE 28 28 15.03.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.45UH 29 29 21.03.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.33UG 30 30 21.05.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.43GG 31 31 21.05.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.44GG 32 32 02.06.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.27DG 33 33 03.08.1979 Astrobee-F WS * GL A31.702 (FWIR III) 34 34 17.08.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.11AS 35 35 24.09.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.39UG 36 36 23.10.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.49GG 37 37 14.12.1979 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.48UG 38 38 21.01.1980 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.51UH 39 39 22.03.1980 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.47UH 40 40 28.03.1980 Astrobee-F FC * NASA 25.59UH 41 41 22.05.1980 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.63GS 42 42 16.06.1980 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.58DG 43 43 27.06.1980 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.46UE 44 44 09.08.1980 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.53GG 45 45 01.11.1980 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.50UG 46 46 20.01.1981 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.62DG (NRL FUV Spectrograph) 47 47 29.01.1981 Astrobee-F FC * NASA 25.60UE 48 48 17.10.1981 Astrobee-F WS * NASA 25.40UH (MIT X-ray) 49 49 02.03.1983 Astrobee-F WS * GL A31.200 (SES) Launch sites: FC = Churchill Research Range, Fort Churchill, Manitoba, CanadaWI = Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
