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Little Joe II

Little Joe familyConvairRetired

American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed suborbital tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode.

Little Joe II vehicle

Specifications

Height
26.2 m
Diameter
3.9 m
Stages
1

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

5flightswith a definitive outcome
80%success rate4 of 5
1success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

5 of 5