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Little Joe II Qualification Test Vehicle
First test flight of the Apollo Little Joe II rocket in August 1963 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"QTV" redirects here. For other uses, see QTV (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with TVQ.
QTV (Qualification Test Vehicle) was the first test flight of the Apollo Little Joe II rocket. It was launched in August 1963.
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Mission type | Test flight |
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Operator | NASA |
Mission duration | ~5 min |
Distance travelled | 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) |
Apogee | 7.32 kilometers (4.55 mi) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | August 28, 1963, 16:00:02 (1963-08-28UTC16:00:02Z) UTC |
Rocket | Little Joe II |
Launch site | White Sands LC-36 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | August 28, 1963 (1963-08-29) |
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