A-5 Rocket launches from Greiswalder Oie Island, Germany (1939/41)
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The A-5 was an improved A-3, designed primarily as a test vehicle for A-4 guidance equipment, which it preceded.
It was the same size as the A-3, and was fitted with graphite jet steering vanes and a parachute recovery device.
It also had an improved gyro control, which operated the exhaust vanes.
80 A-5s were launched, including some refurbished after previous launchings approximately 25 of these test rockets were launched between 1939 and 1941, some of them several times
The A-5 routinely reached altitudes of 13 kilometers.
Three different guidance systems were tested. The launches were vertical at first, reaching altitude of 13 km.
Later, they were inclined.
Radio guide beacons were also tested.
The first A-5 was launched from Greiswalder Oie Island, near Usedom, in Autumn, 1939 and was recovered by parachute.
It was the same size as the A-3, and was fitted with graphite jet steering vanes and a parachute recovery device.
It also had an improved gyro control, which operated the exhaust vanes.
80 A-5s were launched, including some refurbished after previous launchings approximately 25 of these test rockets were launched between 1939 and 1941, some of them several times
The A-5 routinely reached altitudes of 13 kilometers.
Three different guidance systems were tested. The launches were vertical at first, reaching altitude of 13 km.
Later, they were inclined.
Radio guide beacons were also tested.
The first A-5 was launched from Greiswalder Oie Island, near Usedom, in Autumn, 1939 and was recovered by parachute.