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The MGM-29 Sergeant was an American short-range, solid fuel
Solid rocket

A solid rocket or a solid-fuel rocket is a rocket with a motor that uses Rocket fuel#Solid propellants . The earliest rockets were solid fueled, powered by gunpowder, used by the Science and technology in China and Inventions in the Muslim world in warfare as early as the 13th century....
, surface-to-surface missile
Surface-to-surface missile

A surface-to-surface missile is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held, vehicle mounted, trailer mounted or fixed installation or from a ship....
 developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a List of federally funded research and development centers and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States....
. Activated by the US Army in 1962 to replace the MGM-5 Corporal
MGM-5 Corporal

The American-made MGM-5 Corporal missile was the first Guided Weapon authorised by the US to carry a nuclear warhead. A surface-to-surface guided missile, the Corporal could deliver either a nuclear fission or high-explosive warhead up to a range of ....
 it was deployed overseas by 1963, carrying the W52
W52

The W52 was a thermonuclear bomb developed for the MGM-29 Sergeant short-range ballistic missile used by the United States Army from 1962 to 1977....
 nuclear warhead or alternatively one of high explosives.






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Sergeant Missile
The MGM-29 Sergeant was an American short-range, solid fuel
Solid rocket

A solid rocket or a solid-fuel rocket is a rocket with a motor that uses Rocket fuel#Solid propellants . The earliest rockets were solid fueled, powered by gunpowder, used by the Science and technology in China and Inventions in the Muslim world in warfare as early as the 13th century....
, surface-to-surface missile
Surface-to-surface missile

A surface-to-surface missile is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held, vehicle mounted, trailer mounted or fixed installation or from a ship....
 developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a List of federally funded research and development centers and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States....
. Activated by the US Army in 1962 to replace the MGM-5 Corporal
MGM-5 Corporal

The American-made MGM-5 Corporal missile was the first Guided Weapon authorised by the US to carry a nuclear warhead. A surface-to-surface guided missile, the Corporal could deliver either a nuclear fission or high-explosive warhead up to a range of ....
 it was deployed overseas by 1963, carrying the W52
W52

The W52 was a thermonuclear bomb developed for the MGM-29 Sergeant short-range ballistic missile used by the United States Army from 1962 to 1977....
 nuclear warhead or alternatively one of high explosives. It was replaced by the MGM-52 Lance
MGM-52 Lance

The MGM-52 Lance was a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile system used to provide both W70 and conventional fire support to the United States Army....
 and the last US Army battalion was deactivated in 1977.

The Sergeant had a takeoff thrust of 200 kN, a takeoff weight of 4530 kg, a diameter of 790 mm, a length of 10.52 m and a fin span of 1.80 m. The Sergeant missile had a minimum range of 25 miles, and a maximum range of 84 miles.

The Sergeant was used as the second stage of the Scout
Scout (rocket)

The Scout family of rockets were launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of Solid rocket stages....
 satellite launcher, and clusters of Sergeant-derived rockets were used in the second and third stages of the Jupiter-C
Jupiter-C

The Jupiter-C was a type of sounding rocket used for three sub-orbital spaceflights conducted in 1956 and 1957. It was designed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency , and all three flights were launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station....
 sounding rocket
Sounding rocket

A sounding rocket, sometimes called a research rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital spaceflight flight....
 and the Juno I
Juno I

The Juno I was a satellite launch vehicle, derived from, and commonly confused with, the Jupiter-C sounding rocket. It is most well known for launching USA first satellite, Explorer 1....
 launch vehicle
Launch vehicle

In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket used to carry a payload from the Earth's surface into outer space. A launch system includes the launch vehicle, the launch pad and other infrastructure....
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Thiokol
Thiokol

Thiokol is a United States of America corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems....
 developed the Sergeant rocket motors -- and the Castor
Castor (rocket stage)

The Castor family of solid-fuel rocket Multistage rocket and solid rocket booster were built by Thiokol and used on a variety of launch vehicles....
 rocket stages derived from them -- at the Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal

Redstone Arsenal is a U.S. Army post and a census-designated place located next to the city of Huntsville, Alabama in Madison County, Alabama, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area....
 near Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Alabama and Limestone County, Alabama Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Madison County....
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