The primary purposes of the flight were to evaluate re-entry vehicle performance under conditions of extreme heating and to demonstrate the satisfactory performance of the airframe using a flattened trajectory. (Author)
WS-107A-1.Flight Test Working Group, Flight Test Report ATLAS Missile 30E
1961
78 pages
Report
No indication
English
Missile Technology , Surface to surface missiles , Flight testing , Reentry vehicles , Guided missile trajectories , Impact prediction , Aerodynamic heating , Miss distance , Liquid propellant rocket engines , Propellant control , Pneumatic devices , Hydraulic equipment , Guided missile safety , Guided missile tracking systems , Transponders , Flight control systems , Telemeter systems , Inertial guidance , Atmosphere entry , Atlas , Azusa , Xsm-65e missiles