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)
Hot Destruct Test of the Third-Stage Athena/H Solid Rocket Motor
1971
33 pages
Report
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English
Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Destructors , Third-stage motors , Captive tests , Thrust termination systems , Rocket motors(Solid propellant) , Hypersonic test vehicles , Launch vehicles(Aerospace) , Rocket cases , Rupture , Shaped charges , Test methods , Athena , Athena H reentry research vehicles , Reentry research vehicles , Hot destruct tests
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