Atlas Space Booster Flight Test Plan for Booster No. 179D, Atlas-Agena B-Mariner R-Program AT AMR.

Abstract

This report describes the test plan for the second Atlas booster vehicle to be utilized in the flight operation of the Mariner R-Agena B program at AMR. The primary purpose of the second Mariner R flight is a Venus fly-by of an instrument package launched with the composite Atlas-Agena B-Mariner R/Spacecraft vehicle system, and secondary, to obtain scientific data on space media. The planned Atlas portion of this launch is an ascent trajectory to boost the upper stages to a condition where a final satellite orbit can be obtained and made to intersect the orbit of Venus at the time Venus is near the point of intersection; hence a near miss or fly-by. The mission of Atlas booster 179D is to boost the combined Agena B-Mariner R vehicle to a predetermined velocity and position in space so that after separation the Agena B-Mariner R vehicle can boost the spacecraft into its final orbit. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0853674

Entities

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Ascent Trajectories
  • Composite Materials
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Orbits
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers