Redstone Launcher
Specifications: Redstone Launcher Variants
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1/72nd scale
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2005
Length
Diameter
Span
Launch
Weight
Engine
Thrust
Propellants
First Flight
Last Flight
Payload
Apogee
69 ft 4 in
21.13 m
61,200 lb
27,760 kg
82,617 lbf
367.50 kN
Aug 20, 1953
Dec 1, 1965
6,305 lb
2,860 kg
57 miles
92 km
69 ft 8 in
21.24 m
64,070 lb
29,060 kg
93,560 lbf
416.18 kN
Jan 31, 1958
Oct 23, 1959
24 lb
11 kg
Low earth
orbit
71 ft 5 in
21.77 m
66,000 lb
29,940 kg
94,000 lbf
418.13 kN
Nov 28, 1966
Nov 29, 1967
45 kg
Low earth
orbit
99 lb
Sparta/
WRESAT
America enters the Space Race
The Redstone rocket began its service life as an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). Developed in
Huntsville, Alabama, it had its first test flight in 1953 and became operational with the US Army from June 1958
to June 1964. It was designated and was stationed in Oklahoma and West Germany.
America launched its first satellite, aboard a rocket which was a derivative of the Redstone
rocket. The launch occurred on January 31, 1958 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, and remained
operational for 111 days. It detected the Van Allen radiation belt, and finally re-entered the earth's atmosphere
about twelve years later. The was based on the developmental rocket, which consisted of the
Redstone booster, plus three more stages. The second stage consisted of a cluster of eleven Baby Sergeant
rockets that would fire for six seconds. The third stage was a smaller cluster of three Baby Sergeant rockets.
The fourth stage consisted of a single Baby Sergeant rocket that was mated to the satellite.
Another variant of the Redstone rocket was called , which consisted of surplus Redstone boosters and
Antares-2 and BE-3 upper stages, that were used in a joint US-UK project to test re-entry dynamics. These
rockets were launched from Woomera in South Australia.At the end of the successful test program, one
remaining rocket was donated to the Australian government to launch their own satellite. The Weapons
Research Establishment developed the satellite and launched it from Woomera on 29 November
1967, becoming Australia's first satellite.
PGM-11 Redstone
Explorer I, Juno I
Explorer I
Juno I Jupiter-C
Explorer I
Sparta
Sparta
WRESAT
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Jupiter-C
uno I &
Explorer I,
PGM-11
Redstone
IRBM
The Redstone rocket was one of America's most successful
rockets – not only did it launchAmerica's first satellite, it also
launched America's first two astronauts into space on sub-
orbital missions in 1961.
70 in (1.78 m) for all variants
12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
One Rocketdyne A-7
Ethyl Alcohol and Liquid Oxygen
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