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131 1966.0114.001 Rocket ALL METAL BLACK BRANT 2   DND DRB CARDE Canada Qu√©bec Qu√©bec 1959 1962 between   1 NOSE PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL/ MIDSECTION PAINTED WHITE ON SINISTER SIDE & BLACK ON DEXTER/ BLACK & WHITE PAINTED TAIL & FINS/ PLATED ANTENNAE & RAIL RIDER LUG 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). 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. 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. Space Technology Space science Spacecraft             metal 824 173 172       http://source.techno-science.ca/artifacts-artefacts/images/1966.0114.001.aa.cs.png http://source.techno-science.ca/artifacts-artefacts/images/1966.0114.001.aa.cs.thumb.png