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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“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 Ranae Mode Phase Conf.
261 AFSC 09/15176 1118/AGENA D (248-17) WR NA 2 1
262 AFSC 12/19/76 IIID (23D-15) WR 1
263 SV-DSP 02/06m IIIC-23/Trans. ER 1
264 AFSC 03/13m 1118/AGENA D (248-19) WR 1
265 SV-DSCS 05/12/77 IIIC-32/Trans. ER 1
266 AFSC 06/21m IIID (230-17) WR 1
267 SV-VOYAGER rrc-n o8/20m IIIE/CENT. D-1T (23E-7) ER 1
268 SV-VOYAGER (TC-6) 09/05/77 IIIE/CENT. O-1T (23E-6) ER NA 2 1
269 AFSC 09123m 1118/AGENA D (248-23) WR 1
270 AFSC 02/24/78 1118/AGENA D (348-2) WR 1
271 AFSC 03/16/78 IIID (23D-20) WR 1
272 SV-OSCS 03/25178 IIIC-35/Trans. ER 4T 2 1
273 SV-OOD 06/10/78 IIIC-33/Trans. ER 1
274 AFSC 06/14/78 1110 (230-18) WR 1
275 AFSC 08/04/78 1118/AGENA O(348-7) WR 1
276 SV-DSCS 12/13/78 IIIC-36/Trans. ER 1
2n AFSC 03/16179 1110 (23D-21) WR 1
278 AFSC 05/28/79 1118/AGENA D (248-25} WR 1
279 SV-DSP 06/10/79 IIIC-23C-13/Trans. ER 1
280 SV-O0D 10/01/79 IIIC-23C-16/Trans. ER 1
281 SV-OSCS 11/21/79 IIIC-23C-19/Trans. ER 1
282 AFSC 02/06/80 IUD (230-19) WR 1
283 AFSC 06/18/80 111D (23D-16l WR 1
284 AFSC . 12/13/80 1118/AGENA D (348-3) WR 1
285 AFSC 02/28/81 1118/AGENA O(248-24) WR 1
286 SV-OOD 03/16/81 IIIC-23C-22/Trans. ER 1
287 AFSC 04/24/81 1118/AGENA D 1348-8) WR 1
288 AFSC 09/03/81 1110 (230-22) WR 1
289 SV-OOD 10/31/81 IIIC-23C-21/Trans. ER 1
290 AFSC 01/21/82 1118/AGENA O(248-26) WR 1
291 SV-00D 03/06/82 IIIC-23C-20/Trans. ER 1
292 AFSC 05/11/82 111D (23D-24) WR 1
293 SV-DSCS 10/30/82 340-01AUS ER 1
294 AFSC 11/17/82 111D (230-23) WR 1
295 AFSC 04/15/83 1118/AGENA D (248-27) WR 1
296 AFSC 06/20/83 340-5 WR 1
297 AFSC 07/31/83 1118/AGENA D (348-9) WR 1
298 SV-00O 01/31/84 34D·10/Trans. ER 1
299 SV-00O 04/14/84 340-11 /Trans. ER 1
300 AFSC 04/17/84 1118/AGENA D (248-281 WR 1
301 AFSC 06/25/84 34D-4 WR 1
302 AFSC 08/28/84 1118/AGENA D (348-4) WR 1
303 AFSC 12/04/84 34D-6 WR 1
304 SV-DOD 12/22/84 34D-13/Trans. ER 1
305 AFSC 02/07/85 1118/AGENA D (348-10) WR 1
306 AFSC 08/28/85 340-7· WR 4T 1 1
9/10/96 155

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