LAUNCHER INFO

American test vehicle. The rocket's first three stages would take the upper stage package to a 260 km apogee. The upper stage package was mounted upside-down in relation to the other stages. When it had reached the peak, the three upper stages fired in sequence, ramming the payload, a 13 cm sphere, into the atmosphere at orbital re-entry speeds.

MANUFACTURER INFO

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

LAUNCHER SPECIFICATIONS

(diameter)

0.58 m

TO GTO

null kg

(length)

17.1 m

TO LEO

null kg

(reusable)

false

LAUNCH STATISTICS