Vought ASM-135 ASAT aka ALMV (Air-Launched Miniature Vehicle)

[Bill S]

KXAS Video report on the ASAT
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1153958/m1/

KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Vought/Aerospace], video, August 21, 1985, 10:00 p.m.; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1153958/m1/?q=LTV: accessed October 26, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

 

[Bill S]

I am hoping two things, this thread is for all things Vought ASAT and that you will find the attached document interesting.
It is a March 1959 Proposal For Study Of Satellite Intercept and Rendezvous Problems, it was pitched to the US Navy. I have not found anything further on this, or the study it mentions, of using Dyna-Soar as a possible vehicle. Apologies for the quality, sometimes it is what it is, and can't be helped.

 

[flateric]

It's me or nose cone looks rather asymmetric?

 

[sferrin]

3-fin rockets always look like that if you rotate the view so you're looking straight at one of the fins. Also there are those two extra fins.

 

[robunos]

It's me or nose cone looks rather asymmetric?

It does, but I think it's just a drafting error, after all, it's just a schematic, and not a constructional drawing . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[sferrin]

It's me or nose cone looks rather asymmetric?

Whoops. Missed the "nose" part. It's symmetrical.