Terrier Oriole

{{Infobox rocket

|image = Terrier Oriole.jpg

|caption = Terrier Oriole at launch

|name = Terrier Oriole

|function = Sounding rocket

|manufacturer = Astrotech Space Operations

|country-origin = United States

|height = {{convert|324|in|m|disp=flip}}

|diameter = {{convert|22|in|m|disp=flip}}

|mass =

|stages = 2

|capacities =

{{Infobox rocket/Payload

|location = {{convert|340|km|mi}}

|kilos = {{convert|800|lb|kg|disp=flip}}

}}

|family = Terrier

|derivatives =

|comparable =

|status = Operational

|sites = Wallops Island, Barking Sands, South Uist{{Cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.742|title=Jonathan's Space Report Issue 742|date=2017-11-25}}

|launches = 12 minimum

|success =

|fail =

|partial =

|other_outcome =

|first = July 7, 2000

|last =

|only =

|payloads =

|stagedata =

{{Infobox rocket/Stage

|type = stage

|stageno = First

|name = Terrier Mk 12

|length = {{convert|155|in|m|disp=flip}}

|diameter = {{convert|18|in|m|disp=flip}}

|empty =

|gross = {{convert|2207|lb|kg|disp=flip}}

|engines = 1

|thrust = {{convert|258|kN|lbf}}

|total =

|SI =

|burntime =

|fuel = solid

}}

{{Infobox rocket/Stage

|type = stage

|stageno = Second

|name = Oriole{{Cite book |url=https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/NG-Propulsion-Products-Catalog.pdf |title=Propulsion Products Catalog |publisher=Northrop Grumman |page=124 |chapter=Oriole}}

|length = {{convert|155|in|m|disp=flip}}

|diameter = {{convert|22|in|m|disp=flip}}

|empty = {{convert|436|lb|kg|disp=flip}}

|gross = {{convert|2,588|lb|kg|disp=flip}}

|propmass = {{convert|2,152|lb|kg|disp=flip}}

|engines = 1

|thrust = {{convert|29,570|lbf|kN|disp=flip}} (vacuum)

|total =

|SI = 288.5 s (vacuum)

|burntime = 30 seconds

|fuel = QDL/SAA-144 (HTPB-based APCP)

}}

}}

Terrier Oriole is an unguided two-stage rocket system which is primarily used by the Goddard Space Flight Center out of the Wallops Flight Facility as a sounding rocket. The system uses a Terrier first-stage booster attached to an Oriole second-stage rocket.{{Cite web |last=Dunbar |first=Brian |date=March 3, 2012 |editor-last=Wilson |editor-first=Jim |title=NASA's Terrier Oriole Rocket |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/terrier-improvedOriole.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429164459/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/terrier-improvedOriole.html |archive-date=April 29, 2023 |access-date=March 16, 2012 |publisher=NASA/GSFC}} The system can carry payloads between {{Convert|800|and|1500|lbs}} up to an altitude of {{Convert|320|km}}.{{Cite web |title=Terrier Oriole information brochure |url=http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/vehicles/Terrier_Oriole.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203201854/https://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/vehicles/Terrier_Oriole.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2024 |publisher=NASA}} It is also used to test ballistic missile defense systems, under the name ARAV-B.