For the Mercury program flights, see Little Joe (rocket).
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Little Joe II
Launch of Apollo A-002 escape system test on the third Little Joe II
Function
Apollo launch escape system testing
Manufacturer
Convair Division of General Dynamics
Country of origin
United States
Size
Height
1,032 inches (26.2 m) with payload
Diameter
154 inches (3.9 m)
Width
341 inches (8.7 m) at fins
Stages
1
Launch history
Status
Retired
Launch sites
Launch complex 36, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Total launches
5
Success(es)
4
Partial failure(s)
1
First flight
28 August 1963
Last flight
20 January 1966
Boosters
No. boosters
6[N 1]
Powered by
1 Thiokol 1.5KS35000 Recruit
Maximum thrust
38,000 pounds-force (170 kN)
Total thrust
228,000 pounds-force (1,010 kN)[N 1]
Burn time
~1.53 s
Propellant
Solid
First stage
Powered by
1 Aerojet Algol 1-D sustainer[N 2]
Maximum thrust
105,100 pounds-force (468 kN)[N 2]
Burn time
~40 s
Propellant
Solid
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Little Joe II was an American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system (LES), and to verify the performance of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode. It was named after a similar rocket designed for the same function in Project Mercury. Launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it was the smallest of four launch rockets used in the Apollo program.
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