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| Mission name: | LJ-II QTV Apollo Launch Escape System Test |
| Launch pad: | White Sands Missile Range |
| Launch: | August 28, 1963 Launch Complex 36, Area # 3. |
| Landing: | August 28, 1963 |
| Duration: | ~5 min |
| Number of Orbits: | Suborbital |
| Apogee: | 4.55 mi - 7.32 km |
| Distance traveled: | 8.7 mi - 14 km |
Little Joe II QTV was the first, Qualification Flight Test of the Apollo Little Joe II rocket.
[edit] Objectives
The Little Joe II qualification test vehicle was launched on its first flight from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Area # 3. The mission objectives were to prove the Little Joe II rocket's capability as an Apollo CSM test vehicle and to determine base pressures and heating on the rocket.
[edit] Flight
Little Joe II QTV (Qualification Test Vehicle) was the first flight of the Little Joe II rocket. It was launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on August 28, 1963 from Launch Complex 36, Area number 3. The spacecraft consisted of a dummy launch escape system and a dummy command and service module. Most objectives were achieved. The lone failure was a malfunction in the destruct system.
[edit] External links
- The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology
- Apollo Program Summary Report
- Little Joe II Qualification Test Flight Report - September 1963 (PDF)
- Little Joe II Progress Report - December 1964 (PDF)
- Little Joe II Mission A-003 - April 1965 (PDF)
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| SA-1 | SA-2 | SA-3 | SA-4 | QTV | Pad Abort Test-1 | SA-5 | A-001 | A-101 | A-102 | A-002 | A-103 | A-003 | A-104 | Pad Abort Test-2 | A-105 | A-004 | AS-201 | AS-203 | AS-202 | Apollo 1 | Apollo 4 | Apollo 5 | Apollo 6 | Apollo 7 | Apollo 8 | Apollo 9 | Apollo 10 | Apollo 11 | Apollo 12 | Apollo 13 | Apollo 14 | Apollo 15 | Apollo 16 | Apollo 17 |
