INTA-255 explained
| INTA-255 |
| Country-Origin: | Spain |
| Manufacturer: | INTA |
| Height: | 6.03 m |
| Diameter: | 26 cm |
| Mass: | 340 kg |
| Stages: | 2 |
| Capacities: | | Location: | Suborbital | | Altitude: | 150 km |
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| Derivatives: | INTA-300 |
| Sites: | El Arenosillo |
| Launches: | 3 |
| Success: | 3 |
| Fail: | 0 |
| Status: | Retired |
The INTA-255 was a Spanish sounding rocket developed by the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
It was based on existing british solid rocket motors: four Chick rockets as a booster stage and a single Goose-2 as stage 1.[6] [7] [8] All the engines were fired at launch, with the Chicks burning for 0.2 seconds and the Goose-2 continuing for 17 seconds.
The apogee of INTA-255 was 150 km for a 5 kg payload, the takeoff thrust 42.00 kN, the gross mass 340 kg, the diameter 0.26 m and the length to 6.03 m.[9]
Launches
The INTA-255 was launched by INTA three times from El Arenosillo, between 1969 and 1970.
| Date | Mission type | Apogee |
|---|
| July 19, 1969 | Booster test | 1 km |
| December 20, 1969 | Test mission | 73 km |
| December 22, 1969 | Test mission | 132 km | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: INTA-255 . 2024-02-02 . astronautix.com.
- Web site: INTA . 2024-02-02 . astronautix.com.
- Web site: Serra . Jean-Jacques . INTA . 2024-02-02 . www.sat-net.com.
- Sanz-Aránguez . Pedro . Calero . Julián Simón . 2009-05-01 . Sounding rocket developments in Spain . Acta Astronautica . 64 . 9 . 850–863 . 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.10.011 . 2009AcAau..64..850S . 0094-5765.
- Web site: Defensa.com . 2021-04-01 . Los grandes cohetes y misiles del INTA. El programa espacial español - Noticias Defensa Ayer Noticia . 2024-02-02 . Defensa.com . es.
- Web site: INTA-255 . 2024-02-02 . Gunter's Space Page . en.
- Web site: 2008-10-11 . Chick . 2024-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011163735/http://www.astronautix.com/engines/chick.htm . 2008-10-11 .
- Web site: 2008-10-13 . INTA . 2024-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081013215527/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/inta.htm . 2008-10-13 .
- http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/inta.htm INTA rockets data at Encyclopedia Astronautica
