Little Joe II Qualification Test Vehicle

Little Joe II QTV
Mission typeTest flight
OperatorNASA
Mission duration~5 min
Distance travelled14 kilometers (8.7 mi)
Apogee7.32 kilometers (4.55 mi)
Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 28, 1963, 16:00:02 (1963-08-28UTC16:00:02Z) UTC
RocketLittle Joe II
Launch siteWhite Sands LC-36
End of mission
Landing dateAugust 28, 1963 (1963-08-29)
Project Apollo
Abort Tests

QTV (Qualification Test Vehicle) was the first test flight of the Apollo Little Joe II rocket. It was launched in August 1963.