General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL (POSSIBLY MAGNESIUM-ZIRCONIUM)

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

43.3 cm

Height

145.0 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

Defence CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Québec

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1960'S

Canada

A PART OF AN EARLY CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT BLACK BRANT ROCKET OF THE TYPE USED IN THE CANADIAN SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM WHICH EXISTED BETWEEN 1959 & 1984. THE BB PROGRAM WAS A JOINT GOVERNMENTINDUSTRY PROJECT (BB1 & 2), IN 1960 THE TECHNOLOGY WAS TRANSFERRED TO BRISTOL AEROSPACE OF WINNIPEG FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.

Function

FAIRING OR PROTECTIVE CASING FOR A SOUNDING ROCKET NOSE CONE.

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 THAN 15 DEGREE (TO PROVIDE MORE PAYLOAD SPACE) & A CAST E233A MAGNESIUM-ZIRCONIUM NOSE & FORWARD BODY. SINGLE-STAGE BB3 & TWO-STAGE BB4 ROCKETS HAD SMALLER DIAMETER BODIES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

TWO UPPER SECTIONS OF NOSE CONE FAIRING.

Finish

UNFINISHED - METALLIC

Decoration

NONE