Phobos 3

General Specifications
Diameter 3 inches (75mm)
Length 6 feet 6 inches (2.0m)
Recovery Parachute at apogee
Fin Geometry
  • 3 Clipped Deltas
  • Nosecone Conical
    Motor
    Motor Type Kosdon East M-2240 Skidmark
    Total Impulse 5500 Newton seconds
    Nozzle Pyrolytic Graphite
    Burn Time 5.1 seconds
    Avionics & Payloads
    Avionics
  • Black Sky Research ALTACC-2
  • Black Sky Research Timer-2B
  • RF Tracker

  • Altitude/Acceleration vs Time Graph from the Phobos-3 flight. (Note: the data is taken directly from the ALTACC Altimeter/Accelerometer carried onboard the Phobos-3 rocket - sampled at 16 Hz)
    Phobos-3 Altitude/Acceleration Data Graph
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