Missile, Surface-to-Surface, Liquid Fuel, Corporal
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
- Summary
- This is the Corporal, America's first operational guided missile. The liquid-propellant Corporal was equipped with a conventional or atomic warhead and ranged 75 miles. It was guided by a beam-riding guidance system and gyro-controlled graphite jet exhaust vanes. The California Institute of Technology's GALCIT (Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) began development of the Corporal in 1944.
- It was first successfully fired in 1947. Its development, however, was slow, and it did not became operational until 1954. The Corporal was furnished to the U.S. and British armies and was also stationed in Italy. The Corporal went out of service in 1966.
- This missile was donated to the Smithsonian in 1968 by the U.S. Navy.
- Alternate Name
- Corporal Missile
- Credit Line
- Transferred from U.S. Navy
- ca. 1950-1958
- Inventory Number
- A19680010002
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Overall, non-ferrous metal, possibly aluminum; steel screws around body; white plastic inserts in at least two holes around base of missile.
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Aluminum Pallet Storage): 121.9 × 121.9 × 35.6cm, 91.2kg (4 ft. × 4 ft. × 1 ft. 2 in., 201lb.)
- 3-D (Lifting Bracket 1): 74.9 × 91.4 × 10.2cm, 19.5kg (2 ft. 5 1/2 in. × 3 ft. × 4 in., 43lb.)
- 3-D (Lifting Bracket 2): 74.9 × 91.4 × 10.2cm, 19.5kg (2 ft. 5 1/2 in. × 3 ft. × 4 in., 43lb.)
- 3-D (Lifting Bracket 3): 76.2 × 6.3 × 10.2cm, 8.6kg (2 ft. 6 in. × 2 1/2 in. × 4 in., 19lb.)
- 3-D (Lifting Bracket 4): 81.3 × 7.6 × 3.8cm, 5kg (2 ft. 8 in. × 3 in. × 1 1/2 in., 11lb.)
- Overall: 36 ft. 4 1/2 in. × 2 ft. 6 in., 2960lb. (1108.7 × 76.2cm, 1342.6kg)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Rockets & Missiles
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680010002
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99126a55a-b5c6-4dfa-9139-aec6b781602b
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