[FPSPACE] Questions on Baby Sergeant/Explorer/Juno I/Jupiter C

[Gunter Krebs]

2008/1/31, Erik Tronstad <erik.tronstad at nilf.no>:
>
>
> Three questions:
>
> 1. Are these "structures with a hemispherical top" the Baby Sergeant
> rocket engines of the second stage?
> 2. Are the three Baby Sergeant engines of the third stage right below
> the reentry capsule, surrounded by the 11 engines in the second stage?
> 3. When the second and third stages separate, does the third stage
> simply slide out from the middle of the second stage?
>
> Erik Tronstad


All three questions: Yes

see also
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/images_videos/iv_pages/P1592a.html for a
side view of the upper stage cluster

Gunter Krebs
http://space.skyrocket.de