Atlas-Centaur 16

ISBN-13: 9781544970059 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 204 str.

The Staff of Lewis Research Center

Opis

This report, originally published in 1970, discusses the flight performance of the AC-16 launch vehicle from lift-off through the Centaur retromaneuver after spacecraft separation. The Atlas-Centaur AC-16 vehicle successfully launched the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO-II into a nearly circular Earth orbit at an altitude of 772 km using a direct (single burn) mode of ascent. Illustrated.