American sounding rocket. Test and sounding vehicles developed by Sandia using the TE-416 Tomahawk motor.<\/p>\n
The TE-416 motor was developed by Thiokol for Sandia, a major contractor to the Atomic Energy Agency. The rocket was used in support of nuclear tests. NASA intended to use the rocket for a series of launches to study the sun during the International Quiet Sun Year (IQSY). However after four tests NASA decided not to use the rocket. A few years later NASA did a single shot of their 'D-Region Tomahawk' but again did not use it further. The Tomahawk however was used in large numbers by NASA and Sandia as the upper stage on a variety of sounding rockets.<\/p>\n
Payload:<\/em> 20 kg (44 lb) to a 60 km altitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" American sounding rocket. Test and sounding vehicles developed by Sandia using the TE-416 Tomahawk motor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"bs_cache_bypass_cache":0},"astx_kind":[49],"astx_nation":[5],"astx_family":[124],"class_list":["post-29197","astx_entry","type-astx_entry","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_entry\/29197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_entry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/astx_entry"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"astx_kind","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_kind?post=29197"},{"taxonomy":"astx_nation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_nation?post=29197"},{"taxonomy":"astx_family","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronautix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/astx_family?post=29197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}