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Chronology - 1947 - Quarter 3

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- 1947 Jul 1 - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: MX-774.

MX-774 cancelled.
Contract with Convair for MX-774 "Upper Air Test Vehicle," predecessor of the Atlas ICBM, was cancelled by the AAF. References: 17 .

- 1947 Jul 10 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 29.

V-2 number 29 Agency: Naval Research Lab. Apogee: 16 km.
Launched 12:18 local time. Reached 16.1 km. Carried cosmic radiation, pressure, temperature, ionosphere, biological (Harvard) experiments for Naval Research Lab.

- 1947 Jul 14 - Nation: USSR.

Future cosmonaut Anatoli Fyodorovich Zhernavkov born in USSR.

- 1947 Jul 26 - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

V-2's to be tested in Soviet Union.
Council of Soviet Ministers (SM) Decree 2643-818ss 'On testing of two series of A-4 rockets in 1947' was issued. The missiles were to be fired at the new rocket test ground at Kapustin Yar ('Volgograd Station') . References: 474 .

- 1947 Jul 27 - Nation: USSR.

Kapustin Yar established.
Council of Soviet Ministers (SM) Decree 'On establishment of GTsP-4 at Kapustin Yar' was issued. References: 474 .

- 1947 Jul 29 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 30.

V-2 number 30 Agency: Applied Physics Lab, John Hopkins University. Apogee: 161 km.
Launched 05:55 local time. Reached 161.1 km. Carried cosmic and solar radiation, photo experiments for Applied Physics Lab, John Hopkins University.

- 1947 Aug 4 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai born in Borodaevka, Volgograd, Russia.

- 1947 Aug 6 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 38 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 20. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF glide flight 1. Pilot familiarization. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1947 Aug 7 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 39 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 21. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF glide flight 2. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1947 Aug 8 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 40 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 22. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF glide flight 3. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1947 Aug 14 - Nation: USSR.

Future cosmonaut Boris Nikolayevich Morozov born in USSR.

- 1947 Aug 15 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Dr Manley Lanier (Sonny) Carter Jr born in Macon, Georgia, USA.

- 1947 Aug 29 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 41 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 23. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF powered flight 1. Mach 0.85. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1947 Aug 31 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Keith Charles Wright born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

- 1947 Sept - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: G-1.

G-1 design completed by Groettrup team.
The selected design was 14.2 m x 1.62 m, 18,400 kg gross weight, empty weight 1,960 kg, 32,000 kgf thrust, LOX/alochol propellants, 20 atm pressure thrust chamber, integral tanks, turbine driven by exhaust gases, control section in back, radio beam guidance, 900 km range, accuracy - 25% in a 1.0 km box. References: 86 .

- 1947 Sep 4 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 42 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 24. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 2. About mach 0.89. Telemeter failure required repeat of this flight. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1947 Sep 6 - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

V-2 launched from US aircraft carrier.
Operation Sandy - German V-2 rocket launched from U.S. aircraft carrrier Midway in Atlantic tests, exploding prematurely after a 10 km flight. This had been preceded by Operation Pushover - the deliberate explosion of a fully tanked V-2 on a dummy shipdeck at White Sands to determine its effect on shipboard launching. References: 17 .

- 1947 Sep 8 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 43 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 25. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 3. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1947 Sep 10 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 44 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 26. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 4. Mach 0.91. Stability and control investigation. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1947 Sep 12 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 45 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 27. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 5. Mach 0.92. Check of elevator and stabilizer effectiveness. Also buffet investigation. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1947 Sep 15 - Nation: UK.

Future astronaut Richard Alfred Farrimond born in Birkenhead, UK.

- 1947 Sep 25 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. LV Configuration: RTV-N-8.

Aerobee A-1 Agency: John Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory.
Dummy firing, no upper-air research experiment.

- 1947 Sep 25 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 46 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 19. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
NACA acceptance flight. Number 4 cylinder burned out. References: 49 , 97 .

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