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The LEAP launch vehicle to be launched from Meek Island will be an Aries II (see Figure 6). The Aries II consists of major assemblies which include: 'I I 1) an M56A1 solid-fuel rocket motor; 2) an M57 A1 rocket motor; 3) aPMB; 4) a LEAP projectile; and, 5) a nose cone containing avionics. The LEAP target vehicles to be launched from Wake Island can be seen in Figure 6. The major assemblies of the rocket include: 1) a Castor IV A rocket motor; 2) a flight termination system (FTS); 3) an Or bus 1 motor; 4) a guidance and control package; and, 5) a nose cone. The Castor IV A solid propellant rocket motor is an improved performance version of the Castor IV motors used as strap-on boosters for the Delta launch vehicle. An earlier version of the Castor IV was used as the first stage in the Athena-H program which was also launched from Wake Island in the early 1970s. 1.2.4.2 Disassembly and Transportation WSMR and USAKA Launch Vehicles For the LEAP flights, five M56A1 motors, two Viper V rocket motors, two Orbus-1 motors, · ·and one Star 13C kick motor (ail rising solid prop~llant) will be transported from government contractor facilities to WSMR. Approximately 5 liters of liquid hydrazine (N,H.) and 5 liters of monomethylhydrazine (MMH), both hypergolic liquids, will be 1-31 -·
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