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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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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. Table 46. Thor Launch History Launch Vehicle Test Response Flight Rep. No. Mission/ID Date Confiauration Ranae Mode Phase Cont. 1 Weapons System (WS) 01/25/57 101 ER 1 1 0 2 ws 04/19/57 102 ER 4 1 0 3 ws 05/21/57 103 ER 1 1 0 4 ws 08/30/57 104 ER 4T 1 0 5 ws 09/20/57 105 ER 4 1 0 6 ws 10/03/57 107 ER 1 1 0 7 ws 10/11/57 108 ER 4 1 0 8 ws 10/24/57 109 ER 0 9 ws 12/07/57 112 ER 5 1 0 10 ws 12/19/57 113 ER 4 1.5 0 11 ws 01/28/58 114 ER 5 1 0 12 ws 02/28/58 120 ER 4 1 0 13 ws 04/19/58 121 ER 1 1 0 14 ws 04/23/58 ABLE I (116) ER 4 1 0 15 ws 06/04/58 115 ER 0 16 ws 06/13/58 122 ER 0 17 ws 07/11/58 ABLE I (118) ER 0 18 ws 07/12/58 123 ER 4 1 0 19 ws 07/23/58 ABLE I (119) ER 0 20 ws 07/26/58 126 ER 4 1 0 21 ws 08/06/58 117 ER 0 22 PIONEER 08/17/58 ABLE I (127) ER 4 1 0 23 PIONEER-I 10/11/58 ABLE I (130) ER NA 2&5 0 24 ws 11/05/58 138 ER 5 1 0 25 PIONEER-II 11/08/58 ABLE I (129) ER 4 3 0 26 ws 11/26/58 140 ER 5 1 0 27 ws 12/05/58 145 ER 4 1 0 28 ws 12/16/58 146 ER 4 1 0 29 ws 12/30/58 149 ER 2 1 0 30 ws 01/23/59 ABLE 11(128) ER 4 1.5 0 31 ws 01/30/59 154 ER 4 1 0 32 ws 02/28/59 ABLE II (131) ER 4 2 0 33 ws 03/21/59 ABLE II (132) ER 0 34 ws 03/21/59 158 ER 0 35 ws 03/26/59 162 ER 0 36 ws 04/07/59 ABLE II (133) ER 0 37 ws 04/22/59 176 ER 0 38 ws 04/24/59 164 ER 0 39 ws 05/12/59 187 ER 0 40 ws 05/21/59 ABLE II (135) ER 0 41 ws 05/22/59 184 ER 0 9/10/96 165 RT!
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