General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL NOSE CONE, FINS, AFT END SECTIONS/ SYNTHETIC BODY

Dimensions

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

Length

105.0 cm

Width

21.5 cm

Height

10.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Space science

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1960'S

Canada

A MODEL OF AN EARLY CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT BLACK BRANT ROCKET OF THE TYPE USED IN THE CANADIAN ROCKET SOUNDING PROGRAM TO EXPLORE THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. THE PROJECT WAS A JOINT GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY EFFORT UNDER CARDE.

Function

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

Technical

BB2 WAS THE SECOND VERSION OF THE BB SINGLE STAGE ROCKET. ITS CONFIGURATION WAS GENERALLY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE BB1 BUT IT HAD AN 11.5 DEGREE NOSE CONE RATHER THAN A 15 DEGREE, PROVIDING A GREATER PAYLOAD CAPACITY. AFTER TEST FLIGHTS, ITS 3-FIN BODY WAS REPLACED BY A 4-FIN CONFIGURATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING READING 'C.A.R.D.E.'/ WHITE LETTERING READING 'BLACK BRANT'

Missing

From CA of 08/18/1997 by Carrie Misener: No - Complete

Finish

PAINTED BLACK & WHITE

Decoration

N/A