Red Tigress Mission Report

Abstract

Red Tigress was a pair of SDIO sponsored launches which carried a variety of deployables to be observed by the Malabar ground site. The launch vehicle was a solid fuel Aries Rocket integrated by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The vehicle suffered a severe guidance error and was destroyed approximately 20 seconds after liftoff. Red Tigress 2 was subsequently delayed to prevent this error from reoccurring. A further delay arose due to payload problems. On October 14, 1991, Red Tigress 2 successfully launched and completed its mission. The remainder of this report discusses the results of the Tracking Field Experiments participation in Red Tigress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 1991
Accession Number
ADA338873

Entities

People

  • Michael Dillow

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boost Phase
  • Boresights
  • Calibration
  • Cloud Cover
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Filtration
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Line Of Sight
  • Phase
  • Range Gating
  • Rockets
  • Solid Fuels
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space