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PRIME 3
Atlas SLV-3 · Test Flight
1967Space 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 3 mission was flown on 19 April 1967 and simulated reentry from low-earth orbit with a 1143 km cross-range. This time, all systems performed perfectly, and the X-23 was successfully 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