Falstaff (rocket)
Falstaff is the name of a single-stage British sounding rocket .
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The Falstaff was 5.3 meters long and 92 centimeters in diameter. It had a mass of 5090 kg of which the solid propellant accounted for 4340 kg . The Falstaff was launched seven times by Woomera between 1969 and 1979 . The highest altitude reached was 119 km.
Web links
- Falstaff in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Falstaff vehicles ( Memento from August 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (English)