Accession Number:

AD0735289

Title:

Hot Destruct Test of the Third-Stage Athena/H Solid Rocket Motor

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. 27 Feb-23 Apr 1971

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE ROCKET PROPULSION LAB EDWARDS AFB CA

Personal Author(s):

• Seibel, III, R. M.
• Price, III, C. P.

Report Date:

1971-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

The Athena Destruct Test was conducted at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory on 22 April 1971 with a third-stage AthenaH Alcor JB23KS11000 solid propellant rocket motor. The objective of the test was to demonstrate that the Third-Stage AthenaH destruct hardware would terminate the thrust of a burning Alcor IB motor without resulting in high-order detonation. A secondary test objective was to attempt estimating the initial velocities of debris and fragments using high-speed photography. All test objectives were successfully accomplished.

Descriptors:

• *DESTRUCTORS
• *THIRD STAGE ENGINES
• SHAPED CHARGES
• ROCKET ENGINE CASES
• THRUST TERMINATION SYSTEMS
• HYPERSONIC TEST VEHICLES
• LAUNCH VEHICLES
• CAPTIVE TESTS
• RUPTURE
• TEST METHODS
• SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Solid Propellant Rocket Engines

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE