Accession Number:

AD0818968

Title:

PROJECT ALARR, PHASE B, SUBSONIC LAUNCHES.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Jan 64-May 65,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE SPECIAL WEAPONS CENTER KIRTLAND AFB NM

Personal Author(s):

• Grisham, Richard G.

Report Date:

1967-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

79.0

Abstract:

Project ALARR Air-Launched Air-Recoverable Rocket is a program to develop a system for air sampling at altitudes above the capability of aircraft. It is intended to have a low-cost, quick-reacting, global capability as independent of ground facilities as possible. Air launches from a B-57 interim launch aircraft designed to test the recovery unit are described. The recovery unit, developed to provide air recovery, was unsuitable because it proved unreliable. The air-launch air-recovery technique could not be tested. This report describes Project ALARR flight tests from January 1964 to May 1965. Author

Descriptors:

• *SOUNDING ROCKETS
• FALLOUT
• SAMPLING
• AIR
• RECOVERY
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• AERIAL PICKUP SYSTEMS
• ROCKETS
• JET BOMBERS
• TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
• ASCENT TRAJECTORIES
• DESCENT TRAJECTORIES
• LAUNCHING
• FLIGHT TESTING
• PARACHUTE DESCENTS
• AIR TO AIR

Subject Categories:

• Radioactivity, Radioactive Wastes and Fission Products
• Rockets

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE