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Trailblazer 1

Trailblazer family · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Retired

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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
Launch cost
LEO capacity
GTO capacity
GEO capacity
SSO capacity

Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.

Flight record

Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
1 of 1
Current success streak
1
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
Between consecutive booster flights

Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.

Launches