Irregularly shaped, double ramp-like structure with short ramp followed by longer, more shallow ramp; long, white blunt-nosed warhead, or radome, hollow with flat back mounted horizontally on four-legged pipe stand on end of longer ramp in front of sled; two rail shoes, or sliders, on both sides of sled that slid over the rocket sled tracks when in use; horizontal rack on the rear fitted with five inert solid propellant JATO (Jet-Assisted-Take-Off) rocket motors, each motor a cylinder with nozzles bolted on their ends. Warhead stand, or rack, with X-shaped bars on three sides and wedges on each corner on top, possibly for mounting additional test objects or instrumentation. Overall sled resting by means of its rail slippers, or rail shoes, on short sections of rail on each side of sled; rails mounted on white display shafts or poles, three on each side of sled. Created by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Date Created 11/19/2021 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Rockets; Space Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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