The most powerful Polish rocket ever flown. 2 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x Meteor 1 + 1 x Meteor-2.
Status: Retired 1970. First Launch: 1970年07月10日. Last Launch: 1970年10月07日. Number: 4 . Thrust: 52.00 kN (11,690 lbf). Gross mass: 420 kg (920 lb). Height: 4.36 m (14.30 ft). Diameter: 0.35 m (1.14 ft). Span: 1.05 m (3.44 ft). Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
Launched from 1 14-m rail launcher. All three motors ignited at launch. The two boosters separated at T+2,3 seconds and 440 m altitude. The sustainer burned out at T+18 seconds at a velocity of 1540 m/s. The dart then separated and coasted to 90 km altitude, where two payloads were released: a chaff cloud and the parachute-borne Ramses radiosonde.
Country:
Poland.
Launch Vehicles:
Meteor-1,
Meteor-2K.
Propellants:
Solid.
Launch Sites:
Leba.
Agency:
PIHM,
Poland Aviation Institute.
1970 July 10 - .
04:45 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Leba.
LV Family:
Meteor sounding rocket.
Launch Vehicle:
Meteor-2K.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Poland.
Agency: PIHM.
Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).
1970 July 19 - .
Launch Site:
Leba.
LV Family:
Meteor sounding rocket.
Launch Vehicle:
Meteor-2K.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Poland.
Agency: PIHM.
Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1970 October 7 - .
09:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Leba.
LV Family:
Meteor sounding rocket.
Launch Vehicle:
Meteor-2K.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Poland.
Agency: PIHM.
Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).
1970 October 7 - .
10:55 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Leba.
LV Family:
Meteor sounding rocket.
Launch Vehicle:
Meteor-2K.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Poland.
Agency: PIHM.
Apogee: 89 km (55 mi).