 Launch of Ascent Abort-2 | |
| Mission type | Technology demonstration |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| Mission duration | 3 minutes, 13 seconds |
| Apogee | 31,000 ft (9,400 m) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Orion test article |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2 July 2019, 11:00 UTC (07:00 EDT) |
| Rocket | Orion Abort Test Booster (modified Minotaur IV first stage) |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-46 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
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Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) was a test of the launch escape system (LAS) of NASA's Orion spacecraft.[1]
The test followed Orion's Pad Abort-1 test in 2010 and Exploration Flight Test-1 in 2014 in which the capsule first flew in space. It preceded an uncrewed flight of Orion around the Moon as the Artemis 1 mission, and paves the way for human use of Orion in subsequent missions of the Artemis program.
The test flight lifted off from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 2 July 2019 at 11:00 UTC (07:00 EDT, local time at the launch site). The flight was successful, and the launch abort system performed as designed.[2]
- ^ Brown, Katherine (July 2, 2019). "Successful Orion Test Brings NASA Closer to Moon, Mars Missions". NASA. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
- ^ "Ascent Abort-2". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved July 2, 2019.