HARP Space Gun: Gerald Bull's High Altitude Research Project and the Martlet Launch Vehicles

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In 1968, 7 countries were operating satellites in orbit, while only 3 countries had the ability to launch one themselves. But they were on the verge of being joined by a Canadian university. Starting in the early 1960s, Montreal, Quebec based McGill University developed and began testing an ambitious concept to place small satellites into orbit. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering work across multiple fields. It was the High Altitude Research Project and the Martlet orbital launch vehicle.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:28 Bull's early career
3:00 Birth of the Program
7:47 Getting HARP off the ground
10:52 Martlet 1
13:26 Early Martlet 2
15:41 Martlet 3
18:05 Enhanced Martlet 2s
21:40 Other HARP Guns
24:19 Quest for an Orbital Capability, the 2G-1
27:53 Satellite Delivery Model, Martlet 4
30:27 Advanced gun research
31:30 Hard times for HARP
32:30 Bull’s Ambition Gets The Best Of Him
35:28 Legacy of the HARP Project

Research sources:

HARP/Marlet research papers. I'm having trouble linking to them because they are mostly behind 'research portals'. Anyway if you search "harp martlet pdf" you should find them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_R...
http://www.astronautix.com/m/martlet....
http://www.astronautix.com/a/abriefhi...
Video - https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/dr-...
https://patrimoinepotton.org/bibnum/i...
https://phys.org/news/2010-01-space-c...
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...
https://patrimoinepotton.org/appnum/s...
https://www.lerefletdulac.com/culture...
https://www.bajanthings.com/high-alti...

Super High Altitude Research Project
http://www.astronautix.com/s/sharp.html
https://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/SS...


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