Little Joe II Qualification Test Vehicle

"QTV" redirects here. For other uses, seeQTV (disambiguation).

Not to be confused withTVQ.

Little Joe II QTV

Mission type	Test flight
Operator	NASA
Mission duration	~5 min
Distance travelled	14 kilometers (8.7 mi)
Apogee	7.32 kilometers (4.55 mi)
Start of mission
Launch date	August 28, 1963, 16:00:02(1963-08-28UTC16:00:02Z)UTC
Rocket	Little Joe II
Launch site	White SandsLC-36
End of mission
Landing date	August 28, 1963(1963-08-29)
Project Apollo Abort Tests

QTV(Qualification Test Vehicle) was the first test flight of theApolloLittle Joe IIrocket. It was launched in August 1963.

Objectives

TheLittle Joe IIQualification Test Vehiclewas launched on its first flight fromWhite Sands Missile Range,New Mexico,Area # 3. The mission objectives were to prove the Little Joe II rocket's capability as anApollo CSMtest vehicle and to determine base pressures and heating on therocket.

Flight

Little Joe II QTV was the first flight of the Little Joe II rockets. It was launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on August 28, 1963 from Launch Complex 36, Area number 3. The vehicle payload consisted of a simulatedcommand and service module(rather than aboilerplatespacecraft, as used on later test flights) and an inertlaunch escape system.

Most objectives were achieved. The lone failure was a malfunction in the destruct system.

References

This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom websites or documents of theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration.

• Little Joe II Qualification Test Flight Report - September 1963 (PDF)

External links

• The Apollo Spacecraft: A ChronologyArchived2017-12-09 at theWayback Machine
• Apollo Program Summary Report
• Little Joe II Progress Report - December 1964 (PDF)
• Little Joe II Mission A-003 - April 1965 (PDF)