Shown here is a booster rocket for the JB-2 Loon submarine-launched guided missile. Built by Aeroject Engineering Corporation, the booster produced a thrust of 33,000 pounds for half a second. Unlike the standard booster, which used four separate solid-fuel JATOs that burned longer--for two seconds--this unit embodied the Navy's desire to adapt a "zero-length" launch capability to the Loon. The Navy conducted tests with this variant booster aboard the USS Cusk off the California coast in 1947-1948.
The Navy canceled the Loon program in 1950 in favor of the longer-range and more accurate Regulus I guided missile.
Transferred from the U.S. Navy.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
ca. 1948
United States of America
CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
Aerojet Engineering Corp.
3-D (Overall): 370.8 × 76.2 × 96.5cm (12 ft. 2 in. × 2 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 2 in.)
Ferrous Alloy
Paint
Cement
A20070063001
Donated by U.S. Navy
National Air and Space Museum
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