Shavetail

For the rank "Shavetail" is used as slang for, see Second Lieutenant.
Shavetail

Function Experimental rocket
Country of origin  United States
Size
Height 9 feet (2.7 m)
Diameter 6 inches (150 mm)
Mass 200 pounds (91 kg)
Stages One
Launch history
Status Retired
Launch sites White Sands Missile Range
Total launches 11
Maiden flight August 1959
Last flight October 1959

Shavetail was an experimental American rocket developed during the 1950s. Used to evalulate the rapidly-developing technology of rocketry, eleven Shavetail rockets were fired during 1959.

Design and development

Intended to assist in the development of rocket and missile technologies, Shavetail was a small, inexpensive, unguided solid-fueled rocket that was capable of being modified to be tested in various configurations.[1]

Operational history

A series of eleven launches of the Shavetail rocket were conducted in late 1959, starting in August and ending in October.[2] The maximum range of Shavetail was 6 miles (9.7 km).[1]

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b "Shavetail". White Sands Missile Range Missile Park. White Sands Missile Range Museum. http://www.wsmr-history.org/Shavetail.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
  2. ^ Parsch 2007
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