Falstaff (rocket)
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Falstaff is the name of a British hypersonic
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. The Falstaff was 5.3 m long and had a diameter of 92 cm. It weighed 5.09 tonne
s of which 4.34 tonnes was solid propellant. The Falstaff was launched seven times between 1969 and 1979 at Woomera
, Australia
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Hypersonic
In aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that is highly supersonic. Since the 1970s, the term has generally been assumed to refer to speeds of Mach 5 and above...
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Rocket
A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction...
. The Falstaff was 5.3 m long and had a diameter of 92 cm. It weighed 5.09 tonne
Tonne
The tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI...
s of which 4.34 tonnes was solid propellant. The Falstaff was launched seven times between 1969 and 1979 at Woomera
Woomera, South Australia
The town, or village, of Woomera is located in the south east corner of the Woomera Prohibited Area ; colloquially known as the Woomera Rocket Range...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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