Astrobee

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'''Astrobee''' is the designation of series of American [[sounding rocket]]s with one to three stages.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobee.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aerojet General Astrobee |url=https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/astrobee.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=www.designation-systems.net}}</ref>

Designed by [[Aerojet]], this family of [[Solid-propellant rocket|solid-propellant]] rockets was conceived as a lower-cost replacement of the liquid-propellant [[Aerobee]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />

== Versions ==

=== Astrobee 500 ===
The three-stage '''Astrobee 500''' (first stage: ''Genius'', second stage: ''[[Alcor (rocket engine)|Alcor]]'', third stage: [[Asp (rocket)|''Asp'']]) has a ceiling of 1000 km, a [[takeoff]] [[thrust]] of 161 kN, a takeoff [[weight]] of 900 kg, a [[diameter]] of 0.38 m and a length of 7.80 m.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee 500 |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobee500.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee-500 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/astrobee-500.htm |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref> It was launched one time in 1960.<ref name=":2" /><gallery>
File:Astrobee-500.jpg|Astrobee-500
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=== Astrobee 1500 ===
The three-stage '''Astrobee 1500''' (first stage: ''Recruit'', second stage: ''Aero jet'', third stage: ''Alcor'') has a ceiling of 1000 km, a takeoff thrust of 566 kN, a takeoff weight of 5200 kg, a diameter of 0.79 m and a length of 10.40 m.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee 1500 |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobee1500.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}</ref> It was launched ten times between 1961 and 1969.<ref name=":3" /><gallery>
File:Astrobee-1500 - 1.jpg|Astrobee 1500
File:Astrobee-1500 2.jpg|Astrobee 1500
File:Astrobee 1500 first flight test, 21 October 1964.jpg|Astrobee 1500
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=== Astrobee 200 ===
The two-stage '''Astrobee 200''' (first stage: ''[[Nike (rocket stage)|Nike]]'', second stage: ''Alcor''),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Astrobee-200 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/astrobee-200.htm |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref> has a ceiling of 350 km, a takeoff thrust of 161 kN, a takeoff weight of 800 kg, a diameter of 0.38 m and a length of 6.30 m. It was launched ten times between 1961 and 1966<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee 200 |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobee200.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}</ref><gallery>
File:Astrobee-200.jpg|Astrobee 200
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=== Astrobee D ===
The single-stage '''Astrobee D''' has a ceiling of 140 km, a takeoff thrust of 23.00 kN, a takeoff weight of 100 kg, a diameter of 0.15 m and a length of 3.90 m.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee D |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobeed.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee-D |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/astrobee-d.htm |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bollermann |first=B. |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19710017216 |title=Study of 30 km to 200 km meteorological rocket sounding systems. |date=May 1, 1971 |publisher=NASA |volume=2 - Recent advancements |pages=104–105 |chapter=Astrobee D |id=NASA-CR-1790}}</ref> It was launched forty-two times between 1970 and 1980.<ref name=":6" />

=== Astrobee F ===
The single-stage '''Astrobee F''' has a ceiling of 375 km, a takeoff thrust of 178.00 kN, a takeoff weight of 1500 kg, a diameter of 0.38 m and a length of 11.50 m.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee F |url=http://astronautix.com/a/astrobeef.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=astronautix.com}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Astrobee-F |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/astrobee-f.htm |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}</ref> It was launched forty-nine times between 1972 and 1983.<ref name=":8" />

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