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Sandhawk Family

Sandhawk [Sandia]

Sandhawk (Dart) [Sandia]

Dualhawk [Sandia]

The Sandhawk was developed as an upper stage for multi stage sounding rockets. It was first tested as single stage vehicle in 1966, but this flight failed. Only few single stage Sandhawk was launched. But with a Terrier booster it made some 30 flights as Terrier Sandhawk. As Hydra Sandhawk with a NOTS-401 booster, it was experimentally launched from a floating launcher in the ocean. It was also used as the first stage of the Dualhawk with a Tomahawk as upper stage.

Version Stage 1 Stage 2
Sandhawk Sandhawk / TE-M-473 -
Dualhawk (Sandhawk Tomahawk) Sandhawk / TE-M-473 Tomahawk / TE-M-416 
Nr:   TNr:  Date:         Vehicle                  LS         Suc  Payload

 1     1    10.08.1966    Sandhawk                 Ton        *F   Sandia 281-1
 2     2    15.09.1966    Sandhawk                 Ton        *F   Sandia 281-2
 3     3    17.01.1967    Sandhawk                 Ton        *    Sandia 281-3
 4     4    11.05.1967    Sandhawk                 Kau        *    Sandia 281-4
 5     5    11.05.1967    Sandhawk                 Kau        *    Sandia 281-5 (Dart)
 6     6    27.09.1967    Sandhawk                 JI         *    Sandia 281-6 (Dart, JTF-8 Safeguard)
 7     7    23.08.1968    Sandhawk                 Ton        *    Sandia 152-? (LRL AXE-2)
 8     1      .05.1969    Dualhawk                 Kau        *    Sandia 152-128 (Dualhawk-9 Test)
 9     2      .10.1970    Dualhawk                 Kau        *    Sandia 152-134 (Dualhawk-9 Test)
10     3    17.01.1971    Dualhawk                 Egl        *    BUBIA
11     4    18.10.1971    Dualhawk                 Kau        *    BUBIA
12     5    19.10.1971    Dualhawk                 Kau        *    BUBIA
13     6    05.03.1972    Dualhawk                 Thu        *F   ISRO 21.01 (DLR T-DH-43)
14     7    07.03.1972    Dualhawk                 PF         *    Sandia 152-188
15     8    11.03.1972    Dualhawk                 Thu        *F   ISRO 21.02 (DLR T-DH-44)
16     9    09.10.1972    Dualhawk                 PF         *    Sandia 152-191 (Ba)
17    10    11.10.1972    Dualhawk                 PF         *F   Sandia 152-192 (Ba)
18    11    05.02.1973    Dualhawk                 PF         *F   Sandia 152-201 (Ba)
19    12    16.03.1974    Dualhawk                 PF         *    Contiga Ba ISPIDA


Launch sites:

Egl =    Eglin AFB, Florida, USA   USA
JI  =    Johnston Island, Pacific, USA   USA
Kau =    Kauai Test Facility (KTF) (Pacific Missile Range Facility), Barking Sands, Kauai, USA   USA
PF  =    Poker Flat Research Range, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA   USA
Thu =    Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch Station (TERLS), Trivandrum, Kerala, India   India
Ton =    Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, USA   USA

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