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Trailblazer 1

Trailblazer familyNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationRetired

American test vehicle. The rocket's first three stages would take the upper stage package to a 260 km apogee. The upper stage package was mounted upside-down in relation to the other stages. When it had reached the peak, the three upper stages fired in sequence, ramming the payload, a 13 cm sphere, into the atmosphere at orbital re-entry speeds.

Specifications

Thrust
365 kN
Height
17.1 m
Diameter
0.58 m
Launch mass
3 t
Stages
4

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

1flightwith a definitive outcome
100%success rate1 of 1
1success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

1 of 1