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PRIME 1
Atlas SLV-3 · Test Flight
1966Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg
Mission
The Martin X-23 PRIME (Precision Recovery Including Maneuvering Entry) was a small uncrewed lifting body re-entry vehicle tested by the United States Air Force in the late 1960s. PRIME 1 was launched on 21 December 1966 on a mission to simulate a low-earth orbit reentry with a zero cross-range. The ballute deployed at 30.43 km, though the recovery parachute failed to completely deploy. The vehicle crashed into the Pacific Ocean and was not recovered.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3
- Orbit
- Sub
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 3E
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2