Department of the Air Force Report, 1996

U.S. Department of War · 1996-09-10 · 181 pages · text from the file's own layer

This final report, dated September 10, 1996, was prepared by the Research Triangle Institute for the Department of the Air Force's 45th and 30th Space Wing safety offices. Titled Modeling Unlikely Space-Booster Failures in Risk Calculations, it shows how rare Mode-5 failures, in which a rocket veers well off its intended flight line, are modeled in the DAMP risk-analysis program. An appendix lists Atlas, Delta, Titan and Thor launch and failure histories through August 1996.

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 9/10/96, N/A. This report describes the Modeling of Unlikely Space-Booster Failures in Risk Calculations, documenting historical launch failure modes and recommending corrective actions to address them using novel modelling techniques.

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No. Mission/ID
Launch
Date
Vehicle
Confiauration
Test
Ranae
Response
Mode
Flight
Phase
Rep.
Conf.
MERCURY2 02/21/61 67D LV-38 ER 0
ws 02/24/61 9E ER 0
ws 03/13/61 13E ER 4 2 0
ws 03/24/61 16E ER 4 1.5 0
MERCURY3 04/25/61 100D LV-38 ER 3 1 0
ws 05/12/61 12E ER 0
LITTLE SATIN 05/24/61 95D WR
4 1
0
0
0
ws
SURE SHOT
05/26/61
06/07/61
18E
27E
ER
WR
ws 06/22161 17E ER 4 1 0
ws 07/06/61 22E ER 0
Polar Orbit (Midas Ill) 07/12/61 97D, LV-3A/AGENA B WR 0
ws 07/31/61 21E ER 0
ws 08/08/61 2F ER 0
NEW NICKEL 08/22/61 1010 WR 0
RANGER 1 08/23/61 111 DLV-M{AGENA ER NA 4 0
ws 09/08/61 26E ER 4 2 0
First Motion (Samos Ill)
MERCURY4
ws
09/09/61
09/13/61
10/02/61
106D LV-3A/AGENA B
88D LV-38
25E
WR
ER
ER
1 1 0
0
0
ws
Big Town (Midas IV)
ws
10/05/61
10/21/61
11/10/61
30E
105D LV-3A/AGENA B
32E
ER
WR
ER
NA
4T
2
1
0
0
0
• RANGER2
ws
Round Trip (Samos IV)
11/18/61
11/22161
11/22/61
117D LV-3A/AGENA
4F
108D LV-3A/AGENA B
ER
ER
WR
NA
4T
4
2
0
0
0
MERCURY5
BIG PUSH
ws
11/29/61
11/29/61
12/01/61
93D LV-38
53D
35E
ER
WR
ER
0
0
0
BIG CHIEF
ws
ws
ws
12/07/61
12/12/61
12/19/61
12/20/61
82D
SF
36E
6F
WR
ER
ER
ER
5
4T
2
2
0
0
0
0
Ocean Wav (Samos V) 12/22/61 114D LV-3A/AGENA B WR NA 2 0
BLUE FIN 01/17/62 123D WR 0
BLUE MOSS 01/23/62 132D WR 0
RANGER3
ws
BIG JOHN
MERCURY6
01/26/62
02/13/62
02/16/62
02/20/62
121D LV-3A/AGENA B
40E
137D
1090, LV-3B
ER
ER
WR
ER
NA
NA
2&5
1.5
0
0
0
0
CHAIN SMOKER 02/21/62 52D WR 4 1 0
SILVER SPUR 02/28/62 66E WR 4T 1.5 & 2 0
Loose Tooth 03/07/62 1120, LV-3A/AGENAB WR 0
CURRY COMB I 03/23162 134D WR 0
ws
Night Hunt
04109/62
04/09/62
11F
11 OD LV-3A/AGENA B
ER
WR
1
NA 1
1
0
0
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