Army Ballistic Missile Agency

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U.S. Army research and development organization ballistic missile development agency

The Army Ballistic Missile Agency was a U.S. Army organization in the 1950s responsible for developing early American ballistic missiles and pioneering space launch vehicles.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Army Ballistic Missile Agency canonical	5
U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency	4
United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency	3
United States Army (via early Saturn development)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Army research and development organization ⓘ ballistic missile development agency ⓘ
abbreviation	ABMA ⓘ
chiefScientist	Wernher von Braun ⓘ
city	Huntsville, Alabama ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories U.S. Navy on Jupiter IRBM deployment ⓘ
commander	Major General John B. Medaris ⓘ
contributedTo	launch of the first U.S. satellite ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developed	Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ surface form: Juno I Juno II ⓘ Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ surface form: Jupiter-C Redstone missile family ⓘ surface form: PGM-11 Redstone Jupiter missile ⓘ surface form: PGM-19 Jupiter
dissolved	1962 ⓘ
employed	German rocket team from Peenemünde ⓘ Wernher von Braun ⓘ
focus	intermediate-range ballistic missiles ⓘ short-range ballistic missiles ⓘ space launch vehicle technology ⓘ
formed	1956 ⓘ
garrison	Redstone Arsenal, Alabama ⓘ surface form: Redstone Arsenal
governedBy	U.S. Army Ordnance regulations ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ
launched	Explorer 1 ⓘ
locatedIn	Redstone Arsenal, Alabama ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
notableEvent	launch of Explorer 1 on 31 January 1958 ⓘ
notableFor	transition of U.S. Army missile work into NASA ⓘ
notableProject	Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ surface form: Juno I launch vehicle Jupiter missile ⓘ Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ surface form: Jupiter-C launch vehicle Redstone missile family ⓘ surface form: Redstone missile
oversaw	Redstone Arsenal missile test and development activities ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Ordnance Department ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Corps
partOf	Ordnance Guided Missile Center ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Missile Command
predecessor	Ordnance Guided Missile Center ⓘ
primaryMission	development of U.S. Army ballistic missiles ⓘ development of space launch vehicles ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	transfer of space and large missile responsibilities to NASA and other Army agencies ⓘ
roleInSpaceProgram	pioneered U.S. space launch capability ⓘ provided core team for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
subordinateTo	Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army ⓘ
successor	Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
transferredFacilitiesTo	Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
transferredPersonnelTo	NASA ⓘ
usedTechnologyFrom	V-2 rocket ⓘ surface form: German V-2 rocket program

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Explorer 1 → launchContractor → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

Explorer 1 → agency → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Redstone rocket → developer → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

Rocketdyne H-1 → usedByAgency → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Army (via early Saturn development)

Pioneer 3 → affiliation → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Pioneer 3 → launchVehicleDeveloper → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

Arthur Rudolph → employer → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Operation Paperclip → influenced → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Jupiter-C rocket → developer → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

subject surface form: Jupiter-C

Jupiter-C rocket → usedBy → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

subject surface form: Jupiter-C

this entity surface form: United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Kurt Debus → employer → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Explorer 3 mission → launchContractor → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

subject surface form: Explorer 3

Project Orbiter → operator → Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency