Accession Number:

AD0472858

Title:

PROGRAM PLAN MANNED ORBITING LABORATORY - HEAT SHIELD QUALIFICATION (MOL-HSQ)

Descriptive Note:

Final rept

Corporate Author:

MARTIN CO DENVER CO

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1965-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

116.0

Abstract:

The Air Force plans to fly a simulated MOL payload as a part of the Titan 3 RD program to obtain certain environmental and design assurance data and to substantiate the MOLTitan 3facility compatibility. This flight, known as the Heat Shield Qualification HSQ flight, is the subject of this program plan. The HSQ flight is suborbital from Eastern Test Range ETR with a launch azimuth of approximately 107 deg.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY SATELLITES
• ACCEPTABILITY
• ASCENT TRAJECTORIES
• ENGINEERING
• FLIGHT TESTING
• HEAT SHIELDS
• LAUNCHING
• MAINTENANCE
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• MANNED SPACECRAFT
• MANUFACTURING
• QUALITY CONTROL
• RECOVERY
• SCHEDULING
• SPARE PARTS
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES

Subject Categories:

• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE