A survey of launch vehicle failures

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Dec 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980spfl...22..351b&link_type=abstract

Spaceflight, vol. 22, Nov.-Dec. 1980, p. 351-358.

Computer Science

Failure Modes, Launch Vehicles, Nasa Programs, System Failures, Atlas Launch Vehicles, Booster Rockets, European Space Programs, Malfunctions, Reusable Launch Vehicles, Titan Launch Vehicles

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The record of United States launch vehicle failures is reviewed within the context of the U.S. space program in light of the approaching implementation of a reusable launch vehicle. Vehicle failures, defined as launches which were intended but failed to place all or part of the vehicle into earth orbit or more distant space, are traced from the Vanguard program, with a success record of 27%, through the Thor Able and Delta launch vehicles derived from Vanguard (success rates 57 and 95%), and within the Thor Agena, Saturn I and IB, Saturn V, Titan II Gemini, Thor Burner 2 and Titan IIID programs, the last five of which have a 100% success rate. United States launch vehicle failure rates are also compared with those of the vehicle development programs of France, Japan, Great Britain and ELDO. An overall success rate of 88% is obtained for the U.S. program, and it is predicted that expendable boosters will be phased out by the mid-1980s with the advent of the Space Shuttle.

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