Rocket Motor, Solid Fuel, X-259
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Alleghany Ballistics Laboratory, Hercules Incorporated
- Summary
- This is the X-259, or Antares II, the third-stage, solid-fuel rocket motor for the all-solid fuel U.S. Scout launch vehicle. Antares II produced about 23,500 pounds of thrust. Like the other stages of the Scout, Antares was named after a star constellation. (The Scout's first, second, and fourth stages were the Algol, Castor, and Altair, respectively.)
- The Scout was conceived in 1958 as a low-cost launch vehicle for light payloads. The first Scout was launched in 1960 and continued as a very successful vehicle. This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1968 by the Alleghany Ballistic Laboratory.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alleghany Ballistics Laboratory
- ca. 1968
- Inventory Number
- A19680240000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Filament-wound, resin-bonded glass fiber body with asbestos-filled SBR rubber. Windings by circumferential wraps of glass fiber coated with catalyzed epoxy resin. Aluminum nozzle fixture rings. Aluminum skirt rings bolted underneath forward dome.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2 ft. 4 in. wide x 9 ft. 6 1/2 in. long x 2 ft. 5 in. diameter, 200 lb. (71.12 x 290.83 x 73.66cm, 90.7kg)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680240000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9dcdd5bec-4512-48f7-a200-f22742537dd2
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