Launch Alert | Flight 7
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Tue Jul 02 2019
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ascent Abort-2

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

Name:

Orion Abort Test Booster

Description:

The Orion Abort Test Booster is a small solid rocket launcher developed by Northropp Grumman. It uses a single stage Peacekeeper missile first stage motor [SR118] inside an Aero-Shell to replicate the Orion Service Module 5.5 meter diameter.

Orion Abort Test Booster rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Test Flight
  • Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) is a scheduled test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) of NASA's Orion spacecraft.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 46