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.

Open the PDF at page 163 Original source ↗

“Mission Control”17 pages

p. 88 …Vehicle loses control at or shortly after liftoff, with all flight directions equally likely. Destruct is…
p. 106 …121 (8) Missiles/Space Vehicle Files, 45th Space Wing, Wing Safety, Mission Flight Control and Analysis…
p. 111 …Such behavior did not necessarily prevent the attainment of some, or even all, mission objectives. 50…
p. 131 …Due to excess speed, spacecraft passed 22,000 miles in front of moon, and primary mission…
p. 132 …Although Atlas performance was satisfactory, the mission was apparently a failure. No other data available. 134…
p. 133 …A flight-control malfunction occurred at about 15 seconds at the start of the pitch program…
p. 137 …Vehicle became unstable when B2 pitch control was lost at 121 seconds. Loss of pitch control…
p. 138 …The missile then lost attitude control, executing a hard yaw rate tum throughout and beyond the…
p. 139 …of the rate gyro or an electrical failure in the pitch channel of the flight control…
p. 140 caused yaw and roll rates that the flight control system could not correct. As a result…
p. 151 …Attitude control lost during second stage coast period. Third stage spun up, but did not fire…
p. 153 …One solid-rocket motor carried to MECO, but mission was still a complete success. 102. SMS…
p. 169 …Missile tumbled out of control at 130 seconds, then broke up. 104. IHA (65-210), 1…
p. 170 …Nominal mission through transtage second burn shutdown. Attitude control system engine failed to shutdown following vernier…
p. 171 …However, satellite propulsion system malfunctioned putting satellite in uncontrollable position with no possibility of restoring mission…
p. 172 …control until propellant depletion. Trajectory inaccuracies were compensated for during Stage-2 burn, and the mission…
p. 180 …Missiles/Space Vehicle Files, 45th Space Wing, Wing Safety, Mission Flight Control and Analysis (SEO), 1957…

Launch Vehicle Test Response Flight Rep.
No. Mission/ID Date Confiauration Range Mode Phase Conf.
215 AFSC 05/20/72 1118/AGENA D (248-4) WR 1
216 M2-10 05/24/72 II (B-46) WR 0
217 AFSC 07/07/72 1110 (230-5) WR 1
218 AFSC 09/01/72 1118/AGENA D (24B-5) WR 1
21·9 AFSC 10/10/72 1110 (23D-3) WR 1
220 M2-14 10/11/72 11 (B-78) WR 0
221 AFSC 12/21/72 1118/AGENA D (24B-6) WR 1
222 AFSC 03/09/73 111D (230-6) WR 1
223 AFSC 05/16/73 1118/AGENA D (248-7) WR 1
224 SV-DSP 06/12/73 IIIC-24/Trans. ER 1
225 AFSC 06/26/73 1118/AGENA D (24B-9) WR 1
226 AFSC 07/13/73 1110 (230-7) WR 1
227 AFSC 08/21/73 1118/AGENA D (33B-3) WR 1
228 AFSC 09/27/73 1118/AGENA D (248-8) WR 1
229 M2-27 10/05/73 II WR 0
230 AFSC 11/10/73 1110 (23D-8) WR 1
231 SV-DSCS 12/13/73 IIIC-26/Trans. ER 1
232 SV-VIKING 02/11/74 IIIE/CENT. D-1T (TC-1) ER 4 3 1
233 AFSC 02/13/74 1118/AGENA D (248-10) WR 1
234 M2-31 03/01/74 II WR 0
235 AFSC 04/10/74 1110 (23D-9) WR 1
236 SV-ATS-F 05/30/74 IIIC-9/Trans. ER 1
237 AFSC 06/06/74 1118/AGENA D (24B-11) WR 1
238 AFSC 08/14/74 1118/AGENA D (248-12) WR 1
239 AFSC 10/29/74 1110 (230-4) WR 1
240 SV-HELIOS-A (TC-2) 12/10/74 IIIE/CENT-1T (23E-2) ER 1
241 SOFT-1 01/09/75 II WR 0
242 AFSC 03/09/75 1118/AGENA D(348-1) WR 1
243 AFSC 04/18/75 1118/AGENA D (248-14) WR 1
244 SV-DSCS 05/20/75 IIIC-7/Trans. ER NA 2.5 1
245 AFSC 06/08/75 1110 (230-10) WR 1
246 DG-2 08/07/75 II WR 0
247 SV-Vikina/Mars (TC-4) 08/20/75 HIE/CENT. D-1T (23E-4) ER 1
248 SV-Vikina/Mars (TC-3) 09/09/75 IIIE/CENT. D-1T (23E-3) ER 1
249 AFSC 10/09/75 1118/AGENA O(248-10) WR 1
250 AFSC 12/04/75 111D (230-13) WR 1
251 OG-4 12/04/75 II WR 0
252 SV-DSP 12/14/75 IIIC-29/Trans. ER . NA 5 1
253 SV-HELIOS-B (TC-5) 01/15/76 IIIE/CENT. D-1T (23E-5) ER 1
254 SV-LES/SOLRAD 03/14/76 111 C-30/Trans. ER 1
255 AFSC 03/22/76 111B/AGENA D (23B-18) WR 1
256 AFSC 06/02/76 111B/AGENA D(34B-5) WR 1
257 SV-DSP 06/25/76 IIIC-28/Trans. ER 1
258 ITF-1 06/27176 II WR 0
259 AFSC 07/08/76 111D (230-14) WR 1
260 AFSC 08/06/76 111B/AGENA D (34B-6) WR 1
9/10/96 154 RTI

Not linked to a story yet.

About this file

Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 181 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.