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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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D.3.1 Delta Launch History The data in Table 43 summarizes all Delta and Delta-boosted space-vehicle launches since the program began. A launch sequence number is provided in the first column A launch ID and date are provided in columns 2 and 3. The fourth column indicates the vehicle configuration. The fifth column indicates the launch range. The sixth column indicates the failure-response mode (1 through 5 and NA) that RTI has determined best describes the failure that occurred. For Mode 3 or 4 failures, a suffix of 'T' indicates the vehicle tumbled. Successful launches are indicated by a blank in the Response-Mode column. The seventh column indicates the operational flight phase during which the failure occurred. The last column indicates whether the vehicle configuration is representative of those being launched today. Launches through sequence number 232 were used in the filtering process to estimate failure rate. Table 43. Delta Launch History No. 1 Mission/ID ECHOI Launch Date 05/13/60 Vehicle Confiauration DM-19 Test Ranae ER Response Mode 4 Flight Phase 2.5 Rep. Cont. 0 2 3 ECHO IA TIROSA2 08/12/60 11/23/60 DM-19 DM-19 ER ER 0 0 4 P-14 03/25/61 DM-19 ER 0 5 TIROSA3 07/12/61 DM-19 ER 0 6 S-3 08/15/61 DM-19 ER 0 7 8 9 10 TIROS D S-16 S-51 TIROS E 02/08/62 03/07/62 04/26/62 06/19/62 DM-19 DM-19 DM-19 DM-19 ER ER ER ER NA 5 0 0 0 0 11 TSX-1 07/10/62 DM-19 ER 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TIROS F S-3A S-3B RELAY A-15 SYNCOMA-25 S-6 TSX-2 TIROSG SYNCOMA-26 IMPA TIROS H RELAY A-16 S-66 09/18/62 10/02/62 10/27/62 12/13/62 02/13/63 04/02/63 05/07/63 06/19/63 07/26/63 11/26/63 12/21/63 01/21/64 03/19/64 DM-19 ER DSV-3A ER DSV-3A ER DSV-38 ER DSV-38 ER DSV-38 ER DSV-38 ER DSV-38 ER DSV-38 ER DSV-3C ER DSV-38 ER DSV-38 ER DSV-38 ER 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 26 27 SYNCOM A-27 IMP-B S-3C 08/19/64 10/03/64 12/21/64 DSV-3D DSV-3C DSV-3C ER ER ER NA 5 0 0 0 28 TIROSI 01/22/65 DSV-3C ER NA 2&5 0 29 OSO-B 02/03/65 DSV-3C ER 0 30 COMSAT#1 04/06/65 DSV-3D ER 0 9/10/96 136 RTI
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