Ares 1-X | Ares 1-X Test Flight

Status

Suborbital

Success

Ares 1-X Test Flight

Launch Time
Wed Oct 28, 2009 15:30 UTC

First and only launch of the Constellation Program.

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Rocket

Ares 1-X

Image Credit: NASA

NASA

Status: Retired

Price: $450.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 12,500 kN

Stages: 1

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 94.0 m

Details

Mission Details

Ares 1-X Test Launch

Ares 1-X was developed to test the aerodynamics and launch of the Ares 1. It was a 4 segment shuttle solid rocket booster with a dummy 5th segment. Additionally, the 2nd stage and capsule were both mass simulators. Damage occurred to LC-39B's fixed and rotating service structures.

Suborbital

Location

LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Ares 1

1st mission

1st mission of 2009

1st successful mission