Aries

Aries is an American sounding rocket and target rocket, developed by Space Vector Corporation from retired LGM-30 Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) stages for use by the United States Air Force and NASA. Taken over by Orbital Sciences Corporation, Aries, as the Target Test Vehicle, remains in use.

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1973 — 1996  Wikimedia, Wikidata
height 9.2 metre, diameter 1.16 metre, mass 6300 kilogram, maximum thrust 200 kilonewton, 
target rocket, sounding rocket, Space Vector Corporation, 
United States, Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Reman, Sikh Confederacy, Sweden, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, 1973, 

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Frameless

Aries

Aries (cropped)

SM-3 seeker

SM3 021121-N-0000X-006

Early Aries Test Vehicle. New Mexico, USA.

US Navy 021121-N-0000X-006 he Aries ballistic missile target is seen through the infrared seeker of the developmental Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Kinetic Warhead moments before intercept

US Navy 021121-N-0000X-001 Aries ballistic missile target launch

FM-5 TARGET ROCKET 008

Suborbital

FM-5 TARGET ROCKET 004

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Aries		Commons
commons	image		Aries (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		SM-3 seeker		Commons
commons	image		SM3 021121-N-0000X-006		Commons
commons	image		Early Aries Test Vehicle. New Mexico, USA.		Commons
commons	image		US Navy 021121-N-0000X-006 he Aries ballistic missile target is seen through the infrared seeker of the developmental Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Kinetic Warhead moments before intercept		Commons
commons	image		US Navy 021121-N-0000X-001 Aries ballistic missile target launch		Commons
commons	image		FM-5 TARGET ROCKET 008		Commons
commons	image		Suborbital		Commons
commons	image		FM-5 TARGET ROCKET 004		Commons