Little Joe II Qualification Test Vehicle

Little Joe II QTV-1
Mission insignia
Mission statistics
Mission name	Little Joe II QTV-1
Launch pad	White Sands Missile Range
Launch date	August 28, 1963 Launch Complex 36, Area # 3.
Landing	August 28, 1963
Mission duration	~5 min
Number of orbits	Suborbital
Apogee	4.55 mi - 7.32 km
Distance traveled	8.7 mi - 14 km
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QTV (Qualification Test Vehicle) of the Apollo Little Joe II rocket was the first test flight in 1963.

Objectives

The Little Joe II Qualification Test Vehicle was launched on its first flight from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Area # 3. The mission objectives were to prove the Little Joe II rocket's capability as an Apollo CSM test vehicle and to determine base pressures and heating on the rocket.

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 spacecraft consisted of a dummy launch escape system and a boilerplate command and service module. Most objectives were achieved. The lone failure was a malfunction in the destruct system.

References

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

External links

• The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology
• Apollo Program Summary Report
• Little Joe II Progress Report - December 1964 (PDF)
• Little Joe II Mission A-003 - April 1965 (PDF)