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Little Joe II

Little Joe family · Convair · Retired

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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

Thrust
Height
26.2 m
Diameter
3.9 m
Launch mass
Stages
1
Launch cost
LEO capacity
GTO capacity
GEO capacity
SSO capacity

Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.

Flight record

Flights
5
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
80%
4 of 5
Current success streak
1
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
Between consecutive booster flights

Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.

Launches