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Terrier Sandhawk

Terrier Sandhawk [Sandia]

The Terrier Sandhawk sounding rocket was developed by the Sandia Laboratories.

The first stage booster consisted of a Terrier MK.12 Mod.1 rocket motor with four 0.22 m2 fin panels arranged in a cruciform configuration. The Terrier booster has an overall diameter of 45.7 cm. The second stage propulsion unit is a Thiokol Sandhawk TE-M-473 rocket motor which was designed especially for high altitude research rocket applications. The rocket was unguided and fin stabilized.

A Terrier Sandhawk could boost a 91 kg, 33 cm diameter payload to an altitude of 427 km.

The vehicle was replaced by the Terrier Malemute rocket.

Vehicle Stage 1 Stage 2
Terrier Sandhawk Terrier Mk.12 Sandhawk / TE-M-473
Nr  TypeNr   Vehicle                  Date             LS             Payload

xxx     1    Terrier Sandhawk         21.09.1967  *    JI             Sandia 281-7
xxx     2    Terrier Sandhawk         03.10.1967  *    JI             Sandia 281-8
xxx     3    Terrier Sandhawk         29.10.1968  *    JI UL-6        Sandia 281-10 (LRL ACS-3)
xxx     4    Terrier Sandhawk         07.11.1968  *    JI UL-6        Sandia 281-11 (LRL ACS-2)
xxx     5    Terrier Sandhawk         20.03.1969  *    PF             SECEDE R8 (SECEDE III HEMLOCK)
xxx     6    Terrier Sandhawk         13.05.1970  *    Kau            Sandia 281-14 (LRL ACS-4)
xxx     7    Terrier Sandhawk         15.05.1970  *    Kau            FIR Radiometer
xxx     8    Terrier Sandhawk         16.05.1970  *    Kau            SECEDE R9 (ROADRUNNER)
xxx     9    Terrier Sandhawk         26.05.1970  *    Kau            SECEDE R10 (SAPSUCKER)
xxx    10    Terrier Sandhawk         26.05.1970  *    Kau            Sandia 281-16
xxx    11    Terrier Sandhawk         06.06.1970  *    Kau            SECEDE R11 (TITMOUSE)
xxx    12    Terrier Sandhawk         22.05.1971  *    Kau            SHIRX
xxx    13    Terrier Sandhawk         26.05.1971  *    Kau            Sandia 281-19? (LRL ACS-4B)
xxx    14    Terrier Sandhawk         29.05.1971  *    Kau            ?
xxx    15    Terrier Sandhawk         23.10.1971  *    Kau LP-19      Sandia 281-23 (LRL ACS-4C)
xxx    16    Terrier Sandhawk         16.03.1972  *    PF             Sandia 281-24 (CARIBOU VI)
xxx    17    Terrier Sandhawk         17.03.1972  *    PF             Sandia 281-25
xxx    18    Terrier Sandhawk         17.05.1972  *    Kau            ?
xxx    19    Terrier Sandhawk         10.07.1972  *    PF             Sandia 281-28
xxx    20    Terrier Sandhawk         20.10.1972  *    Kau LP-14      Sandia 281-29 (LRL ACS-4D)
xxx    21    Terrier Sandhawk         23.06.1973  *    Kau LP-12      Sandia 281-32 (LRL ACS-4E, ACS-9)
xxx    22    Terrier Sandhawk         20.06.1974  *    Lan            Sandia (Eclipse)
xxx    23    Terrier Sandhawk         20.06.1974  *    Lan            Sandia (Eclipse)
xxx    24    Terrier Sandhawk         30.06.1974  *    Kau            Sandia 281-? (LRL ACS-4F)
xxx    25    Terrier Sandhawk         10.11.1974  *    Kau            Sandia 281-3 (LEINAX III)
xxx    26    Terrier Sandhawk         09.05.1975  *    Kau            Sandia
xxx    27    Terrier Sandhawk         29.05.1976  *    Kau            Sandia 281-42 (LEINAX IV)
xxx    28    Terrier Sandhawk         06.06.1976  *    Kau            Sandia
xxx    29    Terrier Sandhawk         02.09.1977  *    Kau            Lagopedo Uno
xxx    30    Terrier Sandhawk         12.09.1977  *    Kau            Lagopedo Dos (LASL Lagopedo II)

	
Launch sites:

JI  = Johnston Island, Pacific, USA USA
Kau = Kauai Test Facility (KTF) (Pacific Missile Range Facility), Barking Sands, Kauai, USA USA
Lan = Lancelin, Perth, Western Australia, Australia AustraliaPF  = Poker Flat Research Range, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA USA

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