- MGM-29 Sergeant
The MGM-29 Sergeant was an American short-range, solid fuel,
surface-to-surface missile developed at theJet Propulsion Laboratory . Activated by the US Army in 1962 to replace theMGM-5 Corporal it was deployed overseas by 1963, carrying theW52 nuclear warhead. It was replaced by theMGM-52 Lance and the last US Army battalion was deactivated in 1977.The Sergeant had a takeoff thrust of 200 kN, a takeoff weight of 4530 kg, a diameter of 790 mm, a length of 10.52 m and a fin span of 1.80 m. It was used as the second stage of the Scout satellite launcher, and clusters of Sergeant-derived rockets were used in the second and third stages of the
Jupiter-C sounding rocket and theJuno I launch vehicle .Thiokol developed the Sergeant rocket motors -- and the Castor rocket stages derived from them -- at theRedstone Arsenal nearHuntsville, Alabama . [cite web |url=http://www.boxelder.org/tourism/visitor/thiokol/ |title=Thiokol |publisher=Box Elder County, Utah]Operators
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References
External links
* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/sergeant.htm
* http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/systems/sergeant.html
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