Booster used for Project Mercury orbital missions is modified Series-D Atlas; modifications required to qualify Atlas-D for manned-flight applications include modifications of Range Safety System, Autopilot, Hold Down and Release System, and addition of Abort Sensing and Implementation System (ASIS); latter was designed to include capability within missile for detecting catastrophic failures and ensuring rapid firing of Mercury capsule escape rockets; procedures followed to "man-rate" Atlas prior to first manned orbital mission are outlined.


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    Titel :

    Flight configuration of project atlas-mercury booster


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Israel Soc Aeronautical Sciences -- Proc


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Aviation and Astronautics ; 1963 Boosters



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1963


    Format / Umfang :

    6 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :