The INTA-255 was a Spanish sounding rocket developed by the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial.
History It was based on existing british solid rocket motors: four Chick rockets as a booster stage and a single Goose-2 as stage 1. All the engines were fired at launch, with the Chicks burning for 0.2 seconds and the Goose-2 continuing for 17 seconds.
The apogee of INTA-255 was 150 km for a 5 kg payload, the takeoff thrust 42.00 kN, the gross mass 340 kg, the diameter 0.26 m and the length to 6.03 m.INTA rockets data at Encyclopedia Astronautica
Launches The INTA-255 was launched by INTA three times from El Arenosillo, between 1969 and 1970. DateMission typeApogeeJuly 19, 1969Booster test1 kmDecember 20, 1969Test mission73 kmDecember 22, 1969Test mission132 km
See also INTA-300 INTA-100 Capricornio (rocket) Miura 1
References