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.
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
1failureincluding partial failures
1success streakcurrent
First flight August 28, 1963 · latest January 20, 1966
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Little Joe II flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1 | 0 | 1 |