Accession Number:

AD0843810

Title:

Range Safety Trajectory and Dispersion Information for the Atlas-Centaur Vehicle No. 1,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL DYNAMICS/ASTRONAUTICS SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Bleitz, L.

Report Date:

1961-12-08

Pagination or Media Count:

70.0

Abstract:

The range safety section of the Atlantic Missile Range at Cape Canaveral, Florida requires certain data for each flight in order to establish range safety criteria. The required data include the following Reference, fast, slow, and nose right dispersion trajectories Impact areas for the booster package and sustainer tank sections Impact areas and remaining time of flight for premature cutoff times Maximum turning rate of the missile velocity vector in pitch and yaw The effects of destruct action and Drag data for re-entry bodies. Author

Descriptors:

• (*LAUNCH VEHICLES
• TRAJECTORIES)
• (*GUIDED MISSILE RANGES
• GUIDED MISSILE SAFETY)
• IMPACT PREDICTION
• JETTISONABLE EQUIPMENT
• AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS
• REENTRY VEHICLES
• DRAG
• DESTRUCTORS

Subject Categories:

• Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry
• Ground Support Systems and Facilities for Space Vehicles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE