Unguided Rocket Impact Dispersion at White Sands Missile Range,New Mexico and Utah Launch Complex,Green River,Utah.

摘要

Impact dispersion data are presented for twenty-four unguided sounding rockets launched from White Sands Missile Range,New Mexico,and the Utah Launch Complex at Green River,Utah,during the four-year period 1970-1973. Although dispersion data from 1965forward could have been included in this report,the four-year period, 1970-1973,was chosen because of the more sophisticated impact prediction and measurement techniques utilized during this period. A scatter diagram is presented for each rocket showing the dispersion of each shot around the predicted impact point. Included on each diagram is the standard error of estimate (total and component form) for each rocket type, a mean algebraic bias in components,and the number of cases on which the calculations were based. All cases involving a known rocket malfunction were excluded from this study.