Astrobee#Astrobee 200
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Astrobee is the designation of series of American sounding rockets with one to three stages.{{Cite web |title=Astrobee |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobee.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}{{Cite web |title=Aerojet General Astrobee |url=https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/astrobee.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=www.designation-systems.net}}
Designed by Aerojet, this family of solid-propellant rockets was conceived as a lower-cost replacement of the liquid-propellant Aerobee.
Versions
= Astrobee 500 =
The three-stage Astrobee 500 (first stage: Genius, second stage: Alcor, third stage: Asp) has a ceiling of 1000 km, a takeoff thrust of 161 kN, a takeoff weight of 900 kg, a diameter of 0.38 m and a length of 7.80 m.{{Cite web |title=Astrobee 500 |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobee500.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}{{Cite web |title=Astrobee-500 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/astrobee-500.htm |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}} It was launched one time in 1960.
File:Astrobee-500.jpg|Astrobee-500
= Astrobee 1500 =
The three-stage Astrobee 1500 (first stage: Recruit, second stage: Aero jet, third stage: Alcor) has a ceiling of 1000 km, a takeoff thrust of 566 kN, a takeoff weight of 5200 kg, a diameter of 0.79 m and a length of 10.40 m.{{Cite web |title=Astrobee 1500 |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobee1500.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}} It was launched ten times between 1961 and 1969.
File:Astrobee-1500 - 1.jpg|Astrobe 1500
File:Astrobee-1500 2.jpg|Astrobe 1500
File:Astrobee 1500 first flight test, 21 October 1964.jpg|Astrobee 1500
= Astrobee 200 =
The two-stage Astrobee 200 (first stage: Nike, second stage: Alcor),{{Cite web |title=Astrobee-200 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/astrobee-200.htm |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}} has a ceiling of 350 km, a takeoff thrust of 161 kN, a takeoff weight of 800 kg, a diameter of 0.38 m and a length of 6.30 m. It was launched ten times between 1961 and 1966{{Cite web |title=Astrobee 200 |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobee200.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}
File:Astrobee-200.jpg|Astrobee 200
= Astrobee D =
The single-stage Astrobee D has a ceiling of 140 km, a takeoff thrust of 23.00 kN, a takeoff weight of 100 kg, a diameter of 0.15 m and a length of 3.90 m.{{Cite web |title=Astrobee D |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobeed.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}{{Cite web |title=Astrobee-D |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/astrobee-d.htm |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Bollermann |first=B. |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19710017216 |title=Study of 30 km to 200 km meteorological rocket sounding systems. |date=May 1, 1971 |publisher=NASA |volume=2 - Recent advancements |pages=104–105 |chapter=Astrobee D |id=NASA-CR-1790}} It was launched forty-two times between 1970 and 1980.
= Astrobee F =
The single-stage Astrobee F has a ceiling of 375 km, a takeoff thrust of 178.00 kN, a takeoff weight of 1500 kg, a diameter of 0.38 m and a length of 11.50 m.{{Cite web |title=Astrobee F |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobeef.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}{{Cite web |title=Astrobee-F |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/astrobee-f.htm |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}} It was launched forty-nine times between 1972 and 1983.
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