Engineering:Malemute

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Malemute is the designation of an American sounding rocket family.[1] The original Malemute had a maximum flight altitude of 165 km, a liftoff thrust of 57.00 kN, a total mass of 100 kg, a diameter of 0.41 m and a total length of 2.40 m.[1] It was a single stage vehicle powered by a Thiokol Malemute TU-758 engine, [1] operated by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL).[1]

It was used for used for conducting upper atmosphere research in various missions to study phenomena such as auroras, ionosphere and cosmic radiation. Over the years more advanced versions were developed.[2][3]

Versions

Improved versions exist, with the addition of a second stages and using different first stage engines.[2][3]

Version First Stage Second Stage
Malemute TU-758 -
Malemute-2 TU-758 -
Improved Malemute TX-486-1 -
Improved Malemute Improved Malemute (IM/IM) TX-486-1 TX-486-1
Improved Malemute Improved Orion (IM/IO) TX-486-1 M112
Improved Malemute VS-30 TX-486-1 VS-30

Launches

Malemute rockets were launched from Andøya Space Center, ESRANGE, Kauai Test Facility, Tonopah Test Range and White Sands Missile Range.[2]

Date Rocket Version Launch Site Mission
22.07.1976 Malemute Tonopah Test Range Sandia 497-006
24.07.1976 Malemute Tonopah Test Range Sandia 497-007
19.04.1979 Malemute-2 Tonopah Test Range Sandia 497-009
01.07.1999 Malemute-2 Kauai Test Facility TMBD Target (Slugger)
30.06.2016 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center MaxiDusty 1 (IM QUAL 1)
08.07.2016 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center MaxiDusty 1B (IM QUAL 2)
13.04.2018 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center PMWE 1
13.04.2018 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center PMWE 2
20.02.2020 Improved Malemute ESRANGE SPIDER 2
24.05.2021 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 11
12.08.2021 Improved Malemute White Sands Missile Range ET-2 (Economical Target 2)
07.09.2021 Improved Malemute White Sands Missile Range ET-2 (Economical Target 2)
01.10.2021 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center PMWE 3
01.10.2021 Improved Malemute Andøya Space Center PMWE 4
06.12.2021 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 10
29.01.2022 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 9
21.10.2022 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 12
23.03.2023 Improved Malemute Improved Orion ESRANGE BROR
22.05.2023 Improved Malemute Improved Malemute ESRANGE MAPHEUS 13

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Malemute". http://www.astronautix.com/m/malemute.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Malemute" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/malemute.htm. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Imp. Malemute". http://www.astronautix.com/i/impmalemute.html. 




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