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Castor (rocket stage)

Diagram showing the use of a Castor as the second stage of a Scout-B vehicle

Castor is a family of solid-fuel rocket stages and boosters built by Thiokol (now Northrop Grumman) and used on a variety of launch vehicles.[1] They were initially developed as the second-stage motor of the Scout rocket. The design was based on the MGM-29 Sergeant, a surface-to-surface missile developed for the United States Army at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[2][3]

  1. ^ "TSE - Castor". The Satellite Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "NASA'S SCOUT LAUNCH VEHICLE". NASA GSFC. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10.
  3. ^ "SERGEANT". Redstone Arsenal. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12.

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