Forschungsflugkörper

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The Forschungsflugkörper (German for research aircraft) 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 had 3 launches, two of which were failures. It was a fairly small craft with a weight of 300 kg, a length of 4.00 metres, a core diameter of 0.25 metres, and apogee of 120 km.

[edit] Chronology

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

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

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

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

1974 May 7 - 13:00 GMT - Launch Site: Biscarosse. Launch Vehicle: Forschungsflugkörper. LV Configuration: Forschungsflugkörper 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.