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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.
Appendix A. Failure Response Modes in Program DAMP ............................................... 79 Appendix B. Shaping-Constant Effects on Mode-5 Impact Distributions ........................ 81 Appendix C. Filter Characteristics ....................................................................................... 90 Appendix D. Launch and Performance Histories .............................................................. 96 D.1 Basic Data ................................................................................................................. 96 D.1.1 Data Sources ................................................................................................................................................................... 96 D.1.2 Assignment of Failure-Response Modes...................................................... 98 D.1.3 Assignment of Flight Phase.......................................... ~ ....................................................................... 98 D.1.4 Representative Configurations ................................................................... 100 D.2 Atlas Launch and Performance History .............................................................. 101 D.2.1 A'tlas Launch History ..................................................................................................... 103 D.2.2 Atlas Failure Narratives ........... ~ .................................................................... 115 D.3 Delta Launch and Performance History .............................................................. 133 D.3.1 Delta Launch History................................................................................... 136 D.3.2 Delta Failure Narratives .............................................................................. 142 D.4 Titan Launch and Performance History .............................................................. 146 D.4.1 Titan Launch History ................................................................................... 149 D.4.2 Titan Failure Narratives .............................................................................. 157 D.5 Thor Launch and Performance History (Not Including Delta) ......................... 164 D.5.1 Thor and Thor-Boosted Launch History .................................................... 164 D.5.2 Thor and Thor-Boosted Failure Narratives ............................................... 167 References ............................................................................................................................. 171 9/10/96 iii RTI
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