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HISTORICAL
OFFICE
MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
OFFICE
GEORGE
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M A R S H A L L S P A C E
FLIGHT C E N T E R
N A T W
AERONAUTKS
AN@ SPACI ADMINISTRATION
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F E f l i l U A R Y
2 5 .
1965
BY
H.A.
SCHULZE
CHNICAL
DATA
ON
THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE
4
This
report
deals with the development
of
the
A 4
(V-2).
It
i s
restricted t o technical data referring t o
dimensions,
test
data and test objectives, and
is
directed
t o
be
used
a8
a
guide
line.
F
&
D
876-1126
February 1965
Advice and assistance, rendered
by
some members
of
the teaq are
aoknowledged
and
appreoiated.
iii
*
a
TABLE
OF
C N E T
OTNS
Foreword
........................
Table
of
Contents
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...................
Introduction
I
A-1
A-2
A-3
A-5
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0
ii
i
iv
V
Chapter
e
e
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e
e
e
e
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0
a
e
0
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1
2
5
13
22
I1
I11
A-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
Technical Data for
( 1 ) S a t e l l i t e Missiles
( 2 )
Space Vehicles
(Outgrowth and further development of the
A - 4 )
46
iv
I.
INTRODUCTION
*
8
T h i s r e p o r t
was
compiled from documentation on Peenemuende which
was
brought t o t h e
U.
S.
and s t o r e d f o r approximately 12 y e a r s
a t
Redstone Arsenal.
Before o f f i c i a l r e t u r n of t h e s e documents
i n
t h e
s m e r
of 1958 t o
West
Germany, t h e a u t h o r screened t h e
material
and
made d u p l i c a t e c o p i e s of t h e
most
important d a t a .
The
p r e s e n t r e p o r t
c o n t a i n s t h e s i g n i f i c a n t
items
i n
t h i s
s e l e c t i o n p e r t a i n i n g t o "Technical
Data on t h e Development o f t h e A-4(V-2);"
The
material
i s
arranged i n t h r e e s e c t i o n g .
The f i r s t s e c t i o n begins
and c l o s e s
w i t h
r e a l
e a r l y , p r i m i t i v e sounding r o c k e t s (A-1 t h r u
A-3)
w i t h t h e f o r e r u n n e r of t h e V-2(A-5).
The middle and b a s i c p o r t i o n of
t h i s book d e a l s o n l y w i t h t h e A-4(V-2) by showing t h e development of
components, diagrams,
t e s t
and launch
f a c i l i t i e s
as
w e l l
as some p i c t u r e s
of A-4 launchings.
A-4,
S e c t i o n two c l o s e s w i t h some d a t a on a n improved
The t h i r d and
l a s t
t h e A-4b, which had wings a t t a c h e d t o t h e body.
p o r t i o n of t h e
book
emphasizes a v a i l a b l e information on t e c h n i c a l capa-
b i l i t i e s and t r e n d s
o f
f u r t h e r developments a f t e r t h e A-4, from t h e A-6
through t h e
A-10.
None of t h e d a t a i n t h i s f i n a l s e c t i o n beyond t h e A-4
was ever
pursued beyond t h e drawing board s t a g e .
V
u* *
Iu
PEENEMUENDE
-n
lcIIsLl
sann
m
mown
-
.
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