XSSM-N-6A Rigel Cruise Missile
Rigel was begun by the US Navy in 1946. The aim was to produce a
solid-rocket boosted, twin-ramjet powered, ship-launched supersonic
cruise missile to attack shore targets at a range of 930 km (500 nm).
Production missiles would have been equipped with two wingtip-mounted Marquardt 71 cm (28 in) ramjets and four solid rocket boosters.
Production missiles would have been equipped with two wingtip-mounted Marquardt 71 cm (28 in) ramjets and four solid rocket boosters.
This model represents a Rigel concept missile that was sketched up but never built.
It
has (4) 24mm motors located in the booster pods. At burnout a fuse
lights the 24mm sustainer and the booster self ejects. At sustainer
ejection, the motor pops from its mount and deploy (2) 18" parachutes,
stored in the Ramjet pods.
