'MOUSE' Satellite Study

MOUSE

The 'MOUSE' Project (Minimum Orbited Unmanned Satellite of the Earth) Presented by Dr. Fred Singer in Summer 1953. See also (external links to FSA and NASA pages) : Chapter 4: The Transition from Program to System from Origins of the USAF Space Program by Robert L. Perry, published by the FSA Space Policy Project (also lots of other interesting space-related online documents) Chapter 1 : Background of Space Exploration from Vanguard: A History by Constance McLaughlin Green and Milton Lomask (NASA documentation) A Spanish page about 1953 spaceflight events that mention MOUSE – haven't found an English version yet, and I don't really trust Babelfish.. (click on thumbnails for full-size pictures)
The MOUSE launcher, presented at the 7^th International Astronautical Congress in Rome, September 1956. Picture from 'Spaceflight', Vol.1, No.2, January 1957. 'A general view of the display panel showing a model of a three-stage satellite rocket, based on the British design study of 1951'

The 'MOUSE' Project
(Minimum Orbited Unmanned Satellite of the Earth)

Presented by Dr. Fred Singer in Summer 1953. See also (external links to FSA and NASA pages) :

Chapter 4: The Transition from Program to System from Origins of the USAF Space Program by Robert L. Perry, published by the FSA Space Policy Project (also lots of other interesting space-related online documents)
Chapter 1 : Background of Space Exploration from Vanguard: A History by Constance McLaughlin Green and Milton Lomask (NASA documentation)
A Spanish page about 1953 spaceflight events that mention MOUSE – haven't found an English version yet, and I don't really trust Babelfish..

(click on thumbnails for full-size pictures)

The MOUSE launcher, presented at the 7^th International Astronautical Congress in Rome, September 1956. Picture from 'Spaceflight', Vol.1, No.2, January 1957.

'A general view of the display panel showing a model of a three-stage satellite rocket, based on the British design study of 1951'


Picture taken from the article 'Das Maus-Projekt' ('The MOUSE Project') by Dr. S.F. Singer himself, published in the Swiss magazine 'Interavia', issue 7/1955. This issue, btw., has several other articles related to spaceflight, e.g. 'Technical problems of spaceflight' by Krafft Ehricke, and several pages about the 'Man in Space' Disney movie.

Pictures below have been taken from the article 'Projekt Vorhut – An der Grenze des Weltraums' ('Project Vanguard - at the frontier of space') by Heinz Gartmann, published in 'Das Neue Universum' Vol. 73, Stuttgart/Germany 1956

Drawing of 'MOUSE' in orbit	Internal structure	Alternative design

The following model can be found at the Smithsonean online museum (link to image at the Smithsonean)

EAA1973167000002 - NASM - Air & Space Satellite, MOUSE, Concept Model

Display model for Minimal Orbital Unmanned Satellite, Earth (MOUSE) built in 1954

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another 'mouse' at the Smithsonean ;-)

...and a talking frog

The 'MOUSE' Project(Minimum Orbited Unmanned Satellite of the Earth)

The 'MOUSE' Project
(Minimum Orbited Unmanned Satellite of the Earth)