Caleb

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Caleb

Family: Miscellany. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.

Heavily classifed project related to air-launched ASAT development. Launch tests in 1958. NOTS project staff believed they successully orbited a satellite but unconfirmed.

Specifications

Launches: 5. Failures: 3. Success Rate: 40.00% pct. First Launch Date: 28 July 1960. Last Launch Date: 26 July 1962. LEO Payload: 7 kg. to: 500 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 5,440 kgf. Total Mass: 1,350 kg. Core Diameter: 0.6 m. Total Length: 0.0 m.

Stage Number: 0. 1 x F-6 Gross Mass: 8,163 kg. Empty Mass: 6,870 kg. Thrust (vac): 4,625 kgf. Isp: 1,414 sec. Burn time: 3,000 sec. Isp(sl): 1,285 sec. Diameter: 4.0 m. Span: 10.2 m. Length: 13.9 m. Propellants: Air/Kerosene No Engines: 1. J57-8
Stage Number: 1. 1 x Caleb-1 Gross Mass: 1,033 kg. Empty Mass: 194 kg. Thrust (vac): 5,441 kgf. Isp: 204 sec. Burn time: 34 sec. Isp(sl): 204 sec. Diameter: 0.6 m. Span: 1.4 m. Length: 0.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. NOTS-1
Stage Number: 2. 1 x Caleb-2 Gross Mass: 267 kg. Empty Mass: 23 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,405 kgf. Isp: 254 sec. Burn time: 39 sec. Isp(sl): 204 sec. Diameter: 0.0 m. Span: 0.0 m. Length: 0.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-248
Stage Number: 3. 1 x Caleb-3 Gross Mass: 35 kg. Empty Mass: 6 kg. Thrust (vac): 231 kgf. Isp: 250 sec. Burn time: 25 sec. Isp(sl): 204 sec. Diameter: 0.0 m. Span: 0.0 m. Length: 0.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. NOTS-3
Stage Number: 4. 1 x Caleb-4 Gross Mass: 5 kg. Empty Mass: 1 kg. Thrust (vac): 72 kgf. Isp: 250 sec. Burn time: 3 sec. Isp(sl): 204 sec. Diameter: 0.0 m. Span: 0.0 m. Length: 0.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. NOTS-4

Caleb Chronology

1960 Jul 28 - LV Configuration: Caleb (1 Stage). Launch Site: Inyokern .

Research and Development Flight
Suborbital.

1960 Oct 24 - Launch Site: Inyokern . FAILURE: Second stage failed.

Research and Development Flight
Suborbital..

1961 Oct 5 - LV Configuration: uprated Caleb. Launch Site: Inyokern . FAILURE: Failure - unknown cause.

Hi-Hoe 1 Spacecraft: Hi-Hoe.
Suborbital..

1962 Mar 26 - LV Configuration: uprated Caleb. Launch Site: Inyokern . FAILURE: Structural failure.

Hi-Hoe 2 Spacecraft: Hi-Hoe.
Suborbital.

1962 Jul 26 - LV Configuration: uprated Caleb. Launch Site: Inyokern .

Hi-Hoe 3 Spacecraft: Hi-Hoe.
Suborbital.

Bibliography:

45 - Koelle, Heinz Hermann,, Handbook of Astronautical Engineering, McGraw-Hill,New York, 1961.

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