Sidewinder arcas

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Sidewinder-Arcas is the name of a two-stage sounding rocket , consisting of a Sidewinder launch stage and an Arcas upper stage. The Sidewinder-Arcas has a peak height of 90 km, a launch thrust of 26.4 kN, a launch mass of 120 kg, a diameter of 0.13 m and a length of 4.80 m. Between 1966 and 1975, 18 launches were made, two of which failed.

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