The Athena Destruct Test was conducted at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory on 22 April 1971 with a third-stage Athena/H (Alcor JB/23KS11000) solid propellant rocket motor. The objective of the test was to demonstrate that the Third-Stage Athena/H 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. (Author)


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    Title :

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


    Contributors:
    R. M. Seibel (author) / C. P. Price (author)

    Publication date :

    1971


    Size :

    33 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English