History
Martin Viking No. 13, a liquid-propellant single-stage rocket, was redesignated TV-0 and fired as the first Vanguard Test Vehicle TV-0 on December 8, 1956.
Primary goal was to evaluate the performance of the internal telemetry system, to evaluate the launching complex, and to become familiar with the operations, range safety and tracking systems of the AFMTC rocket range.
Secondary objective was testing of the Vanguard Minitrack transmitter and evaluation of the coasting flight attitude control system. All objectives were met except evaluation of coasting-flight attitude control.
The
nosecone of the rocket was fitted with reentry probes.
The model
If you have comments for the kit please contact us.
Joy Cohn - papercut@realityresource.com
Niels Jahn Knudsen - nielspapermodels@yahoo.com
If you want to know how this rocket model ended up as a dustjacket for a James Bond book - see the page about Trigger Mortis
Sources:
NASA: Vanguard - a history
Beggs aerospace -
The viking rocket
www.spaceline.org
www.astronautix.com
Rockets of the world by Peter Alway,
Space Frontier Vol. 2 Number 5 - Vanguard - The Early Years
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