Forschungsflugkorper

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The Forschungsflugkorper was a sounding rocket manufactured by ERNO from 1972-1974 for the DLR. It was a single stage rocket that consisted of 1xFFK. Germany was the country that developed and tested this spacecraft. It has a 33.33% success rate as it had 3 launches, two of which were failures. It was a fairly small craft with a weight of 300kg, a length of 4.00 metres, a core diameter of 0.25 metres, and apogee of 120km.

[edit] Chronology

  • 1972 October 10 - 14:00 GMT - Launch Site: Biscarosse. Launch Vehicle: Forschungsflugkorper. LV Configuration: Forschungsflugkorper 1. FAILURE: Failure.

DLR C-FFK-45 Test mission Nation: Germany. Agency: DLR.

  • 1972 October 24 - 15:00 GMT - Launch Site: Biscarosse. Launch Vehicle: Forschungsflugkorper. LV Configuration: Forschungsflugkorper 2. FAILURE: Failure.

DLR C-FFK-46 Test mission Nation: Germany. Agency: DLR.

  • 1974 May 7 - 13:00 GMT - Launch Site: Biscarosse. Launch Vehicle: Forschungsflugkorper. LV Configuration: Forschungsflugkorper 3.

DLR C-FFK-47 Test mission Nation: Germany. Agency: DLR. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).

[edit] Sources and Further Reading

  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
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