Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-11

yersicn--the 90 inch. az pound
aluminium ball which the Navy
intends to launch with the 72-
foot Vanguard rocket - the
Army satellite will consist OF
the final state OF the rocket
itself.
Includes Radio Set
4 This will be a cylinder about
3 feet long, rounded at the for
ward end like the nose OF a
bullet.
The metal casing OF the last
rocket stage will remain after
the propellant has burned out.
while the vehicle is travelling at
about $4,000 miles an hour. II
will contain automatic radio
reporting instruments for send
ing information back to earth.
Mai. Gen. John B. Medaris.
head of the Army ballist!cs
missile agency. has said, now
ever. that TO be used as q satel-
lite launcher. the Jupiter G.
must have four or more pro-
pulsion units.
/ The Jupiter c is said 10 be
even taller. heavier and more
powerful than the Vanguard.
Its first stage Redstone alone
is more than so feet tall and d
feet in diameter.
The modified Redstone fired
here last night attained YER
I tically the ZOO 250-mile range
achieved by its Redstone parent
in surface to surface Journeys
and there was no assurance
1t did-the test vehicle may
have come within flirting alti-
tude OF Russia's Sputniks.
Navy shows Regulus
In another development. the
Army released for publication
today the first photographs OF
the satellite assembly for its
Jupiter-C launching device.
Shaped Like Bullet
The satellite. unlike the
spheres which the Navy pro-
poses TO put up in its Vanguard
operation. is bullet shaped. 1t
is larger even than the 20-inch
ball the Navy plans TO launch
after tests with miniatures. but
Of about the same weight.
The Army satellite was as
Sembled at the jet propulsion
laboratory OF the California In
stitute Of Technology. under
the direction OF DR.. William H.
Pickering.
Photographs indicate the
Jupiter satellite itself is about
80 inches long and 6 inches in
diameter.
With the final rocket att
tached, the total length of the
Army satellite is about 80
inches.
Both the Vanguard and Army
types weigh approximately 20
pounds
Rocket Goes in Orbit
One photograph shows a
satellite being attached 10 a
30-inch tube which is the
fourth or final solid-fuel rocket. |
This rocket attaches to the
lower part of the satellite shell /
and is designed to arrive in /
orbit as part of the satellite
assembly.
The satellite final stage
rocket casing in one photo Z
atop large tube. approxiifiatel,
, feet in diameter. which pre-
sumably is the next 10 last
stage OF the power plant. This
semifinal stage. like the final
stage. uses solid fuel,
The final stage Is a single
rocket. with the next to last
stage consisting OF a cluster
Of Solid-fuel rockets.
Meanwhile. at Edwards Air
Force Base. Calf the Navy
staged the first public show OF
its Regulus II missile. with
which surface ships or sub
can shower nuclear
fury on targets more than / 900
miles away.
In an ear-splitting demon /,
stration for newsmen yesterday. 4
The 57-foot needle-nosed craft /
reared of its cradle and in four
seconds reached $40 miles per
hour.
Then its believing rocket
booster. which added $4,000
pounds Of thrust 10 the $4,000
OF the missiles turbo-
jet engine. fell as scheduled.
,pewing dying fire.
After a half hour. the mis-
Sile extended its tricycle. land
ing gear, released a tail
parachute brake and landed
safely on a dry lake bed. '