Ares I-X

USA



Launch & landing data:

Launch date - time 28 October 2009 - 15:30 UTC
Launch site KSC, LC-39B
Launch vehicle  Ares I-X vehicle)
First stage 4-segment SRB
Mass (kg) 
Mission Orion Abort Test Booster
Operator NASA
Sub-orbital flight:
   Apogee 45 km (28 miles)
Flight Duration 6 min
Ares I-X path

Ares I-X path



Description:


Artes I-X flight

Two minutes after launch, the Ares I-X's expended Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) first stage was detached from the unpowered Upper Stage Simulator (USS); both landed in the Atlantic Ocean

Ares launch

Ares I before launch


Artes I-X flight

Rollout of Ares I-X at KSC LC-39, secured by four bolts on a mobile launcher platform.

Ares launch

Ares I-X launch

Mission details:

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Astrophilately covers:

Orion SLS AA-2

Ares I-X launch, cancel KSC. Credit #411


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