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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.
42 ws 06/11/59 ABLE 11 (137) ER 0
43 ws 06/25/59 198 ER 0
44 ws 06/29/59 194 ER NA 1.5 0
45 ws 07/21/59 203 ER 3 1 0
46 ws 07/24/59 202 ER 0
47 ws 08/05/59 208 ER 0
48 EXPLORERS 08/07/59 ABLE HI (134) ER 0
49 ws 08/14/59 204 ER 0
50 ws 08/27/59 216 ER 0
51 ws 09/12/59 217 ER 0
52 TRANSIT 1A 09/17/59 ABLE (136) ER 4 2.5 0
53 ws 09/22/59 222 ER 0
54 ws 10/06/59 235 ER 0
55 ws 10/13/59 221 ER 0
56 ws 10/28/59 230 ER 0
57 ws 11/03/59 238 ER 0
58 ws 11/19/59 244 ER 0
59 ws 12/01/59 254 ER 4T 1 0
60 ws 12/17/59 255 ER 0
61 ws 01/14/60 256 ER 0
62 ws 02/09/60 259 ER 0
63 ws 02/29/60 263 ER 0
64 PIONEER-5 03/11/60 ABLE (219) ER 0
65 TIROSI 04/01/60 ABLE (148) ER 0
66 TRANSIT-1B 04/13/60 ABLE-STAR (257) ER NA 1&5 0
67 TRANSIT-2A 06/22/60 ABLE-STAR (281) ER NA 2&5 0
68 COURIER-1A 08/18/60 ABLE-STAR (262) ER 4T 1 0
69 COURIER-1B 10/04/60 ABLE-STAR (293) ER 0
70 TRANSIT-3A 11/30/60 ABLE-STAR (283) ER 4 1 0
71 TRANSIT-3B 02/21/61 ABLE-STAR (313) ER NA 4&5 0
72 TRANSIT-4A 06/28/61 ABLE-STAR (315) ER 0
73 TRANSIT-4B 11/15/61 ABLE-STAR (305) ER 0
74 BIG SHOT-1 (sutrorb.) 01/15/62 337 ER 0
75 COMPOSITE-1 01/24/62 ABLE-STAR (311) ER 5 2 0
76 ws 05/02/62 177 ER 0
77 ANNA-1A 05/10/62 ABLE-STAR (314) ER 4 2 0
78 BIG SHOT-II (sutrorb.) 07/18/62 338 ER 0
79 ANNA-1B 10/31/62 ABLE-STAR (319) ER 0
80 ASSET ASV-1 09/18/63 232 ER 0
81 ASSET ASV-2 03/24/64 240 ER 4 2 0
82 ASSET ASV-3 07/22/64 250 ER 0
83 ASSET AEV-1 10/27/64 260 ER 0
84 ASSET AEV-2 12/08/64 SLV II (247) ER 0
85 ASSET ASV-4 02/23/65 248 ER 0
9/10/96 166 RTI

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