Vehicle 5303 (the third Gemini target launch vehicle) was launched from Cape Kennedy, Complex 14, on May 17 at 1015: 03.422 EST. The flight was unsuccessful due to a lass of Atlas pitch control after 120 seconds of flight. The subsequent abnormal trajectory resulted in an impact of the Atlas sustainer section at 107 nautical miles from Cape Kennedy in a northeasterly direction. As a result, the upper stage Agena vehicle was not in a trajectory which could result in orbital injection and Agena engine start was inhibited by a Range Safety command.
Atlas SLV-3 Space Launch Vehicle Flight Failure Investigation SLV-3 5303
1966
238 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
AIAA-2006-5303 Spacebus™, a Vehicle for Broad Missions
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006
|First Flight - Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
AIAA | 2002
|