Hopi-Dart

Hopi-Dart
FunctionSounding rocket
ManufacturerMarshall Space Flight Center
Country of originUnited States
Size
Height3.32 m (10.9 ft)
Diameter0.11 m (4.3 in)
Mass38 kg (84 lb)
StagesTwo
Payload to 97 km (60 mi)
Mass4.99 kg (11.0 lb)
Launch history
StatusRetired
Launch sitesMultiple
Total launches22
First flight28 February 1963
Last flight23 November 1964
First stage – Hopi III
Diameter0.11 m (4.3 in)
Propellantsolid
Second stage – Dart
Diameter3.5 cm (1.4 in)

Hopi-Dart was an American sounding rocket used by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center for aeronomy studies in the early 1960s.