Boeing Pad Abort Test

Boeing Pad Abort Test
Starliner Spacecraft 1 fires its RS-88 abort motors
NamesBoe-PAT
Mission typeTechnology demonstration
OperatorBoeing Defense, Space & Security
Mission duration1 minute, 19 seconds
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftBoeing Starliner Spacecraft 1
Spacecraft typeBoeing Starliner
ManufacturerBoeing Defense, Space & Security
Start of mission
Launch date4 November 2019, 14:15:00 UTC[1]
Launch siteWhite Sands Missile Range
End of mission
Landing date4 November 2019, 14:16:19 UTC
Landing siteWhite Sands Missile Range

The Boeing Pad Abort Test (also abbreviated to Boe-PAT) was a test of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and its abort motors, conducted by Boeing as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. It was the first flight of Starliner and one of the last milestones ahead of OFT. The mission's main objective was to demonstrate that Starliner could safely pull a crew away from the pad in the event of an emergency prior to liftoff.

After a successful launch, only two of three main parachutes deployed. Despite this, NASA and Boeing deemed the test a success, as Starliner was designed to function on two parachutes if necessary.

  1. ^ Clark, Stephen (3 December 2019). "Launch of first Starliner orbital test flight slips to Dec. 19". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 3 December 2019.