Model, Rocket, Astron Omega

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Estes Industries, Inc.

Summary

This is an assembled Astron Omega flying rocket model built by Estes Industries. The model has a pasteboard body, balsa fins, and a plastic parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, which also forces the release of a parachute at the end of the vertical flight.

Its payload contains a Cineroc, a camera developed by Estes that could record during flight and was then recoverable upon landing.

Estes Industries made the model and donated it to the museum in 1996.

Inventory Number

A19960461000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

MODELS-Missiles & Rockets

Materials

Cardboard

Plastic

Wood

Aluminum

Steel

Styrofoam

Adhesive

Brass

Glass

Rubber

Foam

Paint

Cotton

Dimensions

71.12 x 18.42cm (2ft 4in. x 7 1/4in.) (Approximate, Model with nose cone on wire stand)

Other (Base): 20.32 x 20.32 x 13.65cm (8in. x 8in. x 5 3/8in.) Nosecone: 7.5" (H) x 1.1/4" (W); Camera: 61/4" (h) x 1.5" (w). 251/2" (h) on stand.

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d422a602-e989-40cf-bb1a-ccb433f1a29e

Record ID

nasm_A19960461000