from ARDC TR-59-64 Advanced Concepts Study, Final Report. from USAF FOIA reading room. (edit: PDF split & now attached)
A JT11-7A powered Booster Airplane launches a rocket vehicle & satellite payload with two solid fuelled stages and a storable liquid propellant third and fourth stages.
Whoever scanned the pictures obviously didn't have convenient access to a larg(er) format scanner so just called it a day!
Also contains mention of an 'informal proposal to develop a system to launch a 120-pound-payload satellite in a circular orbit of over 1000 miles. This system uses the F-105 fighter-bomber as the launch vehicle, and existing rocket motors (e.g., Polaris and Vanguard components) as ballistic stages.'
A JT11-7A powered Booster Airplane launches a rocket vehicle & satellite payload with two solid fuelled stages and a storable liquid propellant third and fourth stages.
Whoever scanned the pictures obviously didn't have convenient access to a larg(er) format scanner so just called it a day!
Also contains mention of an 'informal proposal to develop a system to launch a 120-pound-payload satellite in a circular orbit of over 1000 miles. This system uses the F-105 fighter-bomber as the launch vehicle, and existing rocket motors (e.g., Polaris and Vanguard components) as ballistic stages.'
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