D-Region Tomahawk
The Tomahawk, based on the Thiokol TE-416 Motor, was designed by the Sandia Corp. as a small sounding rockets in the International Quiet Sun Year (IQSY) in 1963. Initial tests from Tonopah, Nevada and Point Mugu, California failed. The fourth launch from Wallops Island was a success, but it was not used in the IQSY experiments. NASA used another Version, the D-Region Tomahawk in 1968, but little further use of it was made.
Although it lacked success as a single stage sounding rocket, it was highly successful as the second stage on Nike, Terrier, Taurus (Honest John), Ute, Paiute and Sandhawk boosters. Several hundred of these configurations were launched.
Version | Stage 1 |
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Tomahawk | Tomahawk / TE-M-416 |
D-Region Tomahawk | Tomahawk / TE-M-416 |
Nr: TNr: Date: Vehicle LS Suc Payload
1 1 12.06.1963 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 152-1 (Seagull, IQSY) 2 2 30.06.1963 Tomahawk PM *F IQSY Tomahawk 3 3 10.03.1964 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 152-5 (Tomahawk-Dart) 4 4 25.09.1964 Tomahawk WI * IQSY Tomahawk 5 5 08.10.1964 Tomahawk Kau * Sandia 152-37 (Darthawk) 6 6 14.10.1964 Tomahawk Kau * Sandia 152-38 (Darthawk) 7 7 20.10.1964 Tomahawk Ton *F Sandia 152-69 (Ballistic) 8 8 20.01.1965 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 152-14 (Magnus Stovepipe) 9 9 02.02.1965 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 152-17 (Magnus) 10 10 03.02.1965 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 152-47 (Magnus) x x xx.xx.1965 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 276-2 (Dart Parachute) x x 01.03.1965 Tomahawk Kau * Sandia 152-40 (Magnus) x x 03.03.1965 Tomahawk Kau * Sandia 152-39 (Darthawk) x x 25.07.1965 Tomahawk Kau * Sandia 152-15 (Dart/EMP) x x xx.xx.1966 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 276-3 (Dart Parachute) x x xx.xx.1966 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 276-4 (Dart Parachute) x x xx.xx.1966 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 276-5 (Dart Parachute) x x 05.04.1966 Tomahawk Ton *F Sandia 152-41 (Despin) x x xx.xx.1967 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 276-6 (Dart Parachute) x x xx.xx.1967 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 276-7 (Dart Parachute) x x xx.xx.1967 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 276-8 (Dart Parachute) x x xx.xx.1967 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 276-9 (Dart Parachute) x x 27.07.1967 Tomahawk Ton * Sandia 152-96 (9" Ballistic) x x 25.09.1967 Tomahawk JI * Sandia 152-61 (JTF-8 Safeguard) x x 06.12.1967 Tomahawk Ton HAD-4 * Sandia 152-110 (LRL BOX-13) x 1 05.02.1968 D-Region Tomahawk WI * NASA 12.08GT Launch sites: JI = Johnston Island, Pacific, USA Kau = Kauai Test Facility (KTF) (Pacific Missile Range Facility), Barking Sands, Kauai, USA PF = Poker Flat Research Range, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA PM = Naval Missile and Astronautics Center, Point Mugu, California, USA Ton = Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, USA WI = Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA