Long Tom (rocket)
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![A white Long Tom rocket stands vertically on its launch gantry alongside a sign welcoming visitors to the Woomera Test Range](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Long_Tom_Woomera_Rocket_Range.jpg/220px-Long_Tom_Woomera_Rocket_Range.jpg)
Long Tom rocket on display in Woomera, South Australia
Long Tom was the first Australian sounding rocket. It was first launched from the Woomera Test Range in October 1957. It was a 8.2-metre-long (27 ft) two-stage rocket developed to test the range's instrumentation for later projects. In the early 1960s it was superseded by the HAD and HAT sounding rockets.
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- Rigby, Mark T. "Long Tom". Woomera on the Web. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2007.
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- Sounding rockets of Australia
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