Pad Abort-1
Pad Abort 1 (PA-1) was a flight test of the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS). Orion was a component of Constellation, a human spaceflight project within NASA, the space agency of the United States. PA-1 was the first test in a sequence of atmospheric flight tests known as Orion Abort Flight Test (AFT).
| Mission type | Abort test
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| Mission duration | 95 seconds
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| Distance travelled | 2.1 kilometres (6,900 ft)
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| Apogee | 1.8 kilometres (6,000 ft)
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SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES
| Spacecraft type | Orion boilerplate
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EXPEDITION
CREW
START OF MISSION
| Launch date | May 6, 2010, 13:03:00 UTC
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| Rocket | Orion Launch Abort System
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END OF MISSION
| Landing date | May 6, 2010, 13:04:35 UTC
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ORBITAL PARAMETERS
PAYLOAD
MAIN TELESCOPE
TRANSPONDERS
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