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This is a cutaway of a jetavator used on the Navy's Poseidon C-3 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Jetavators like this one controlled the direction of the solid propellant exhaust gases during flight.

The Poseidon C-3 entered service aboard the Navy's fleet ballistic missile submarines in 1973. The Navy took them out of the active inventory in 1991.

Transferred to NASM from the U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Program Office in 1973.

 Display Status

This object is on display in Rockets & Missiles at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Rockets & Missiles
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts Manufacturer Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
 Dimensions Overall: 29.8 × 4.4 × 106cm (11 3/4 in. × 1 3/4 in. × 3 ft. 5 3/4 in.)
 Materials Purple plastic core of wing-like shapes; inner lining of wings, aluminum; some segments of object, brown phenolic; some cutaway adpapters, steel; some cork inlays at bottom of object; steel bolts, screws, and other attachments
 Inventory Number A19731668011 Credit Line Transferred from U.S. Navy Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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