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Accession Number:
AD0485413
Title:
FLIGHT EVALUATION REPORT VEHICLE 303D.
Corporate Author:
GENERAL DYNAMICS SAN DIEGO CA CONVAIR DIV
Report Date:
1966-05-16
Abstract:
Vehicle 303D was launched from Complex 576A, Pad 1, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 0429 hours Pacific Standard Time on 4 March 1966. The Atlas boosters primary objective was to place the Re-entry Vehicle RV in a trajectory compatible with the RV mission. Operation of the Atlas booster vehicle was unsatisfactory and the problems encountered included failure of the sustainer hydraulic system at staging and a ground guidance system failure. The purpose of this report is to present the results of the Atlas flight performance analysis and post flight investigations. The principal areas of investigation covered are the sustainer hydraulic system staging failure and the bround guidance failure.
Pages:
0070
Contract Number:
AF 04(694)-578
File Size:
0.00MB
