General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

824.0 cm

Width

173.0 cm

Height

172.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

521.6

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Space science

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Defence CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Québec

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

EARLY 1960'S

Canada

AN EARLY CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT BLACK BRANT ROCKET OF THE TYPE USED IN THE CANADIAN ROCKET SOUNDING PROGRAM TO EXPLORE THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. THE ROCKET PROJECT (FOR BLACK BRANTS 1 & 2) WAS A JOINT GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY EFFORT UNDER CARDE. IN 1960 THE TECHNOLOGY WAS TRANSFERRED TO BRISTOL AEROSPACE OF WINNIPEG FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION (FOR BB3).

Function

A HIGH ALTITUDE RESEARCH OR SOUNDING ROCKET ROCKET, DESIGNED TO CARRY A PAYLOAD OF INSTRUMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS & OBSERVATIONS INTO THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, FROM WHICH READINGS WERE TELEMETERED TO EARTH.

Technical

BB2 WAS THE SECOND VERSION OF THE BB SINGLE STAGE ROCKET. ITS CONFIGURATION WAS GENERALLY SIMILAR TO BB1 BUT IT HAD AN 11.5 DEGREE NOSE CONE RATHER THEN 15 DEGREE (TO PROVIDE MORE PAYLOAD SPACE) & A CAST E233A MAGNESIUM-ZIRCONIUM NOSE & FORWARD BODY. AFTER TEST FLIGHTS, ITS 3-FIN BODY WAS REPLACED BY A 4-FIN CONFIGURATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK PAINTED LETTERING READING 'C.A.R.D.E.', 'BLACK BRANT', & 'DRB' ON SINISTER SIDE, SAME IN WHITE ON DEXTER SIDE

Missing

unknown

Finish

NOSE PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL/ MIDSECTION PAINTED WHITE ON SINISTER SIDE & BLACK ON DEXTER/ BLACK & WHITE PAINTED TAIL & FINS/ PLATED ANTENNAE & RAIL RIDER LUG

Decoration

BLACK PAINTED GOOSE (BLACK BRANT) IN FLIGHT ON SINISTER SIDE, WITH SMANE IN BLACK ON DEXTER SIDE