Malemute

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Malemute is the designation of an American sounding rocket family.^[1] The original Malemute had a maximum flight altitude of 165 km, a liftoff thrust of 57.00 kN, a total mass of 100 kg, a diameter of 0.41 m and a total length of 2.40 m.^[1] It was a single stage vehicle powered by a Thiokol Malemute TU-758 engine, ^[1] operated by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL).^[1]

It was used for used for conducting upper atmosphere research in various missions to study phenomena such as auroras, ionosphere and cosmic radiation. Over the years more advanced versions were developed.^[2][3][4]

Improved versions exist, with the addition of a second stages and using different first stage engines.^{[2][3][5][6][7][8]}

Malemute rockets were launched from Andøya Space Center, ESRANGE, Kauai Test Facility, Tonopah Test Range and White Sands Missile Range.^[2]

• Bolster, W.; Hoekstra, P. (June 1976). The Malemute development program. 4th Sounding Rocket Technology Conference. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi:10.2514/6.1976-1867.

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