Hi-Hoe

Class: Technology. Nation: USA.

US antisatellite tests.

Associated Launch Vehicle: Caleb.

Hi-Hoe Chronology

1961 October 5 - Test/Aeronomy mission - Launch Site: Point Arguello. Launch Vehicle: Caleb. FAILURE: Failure - unknown cause. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

1962 July 25 - Test/Aeronomy mission - Launch Site: Point Arguello. Launch Vehicle: Caleb. Apogee: 1,166 km (724 mi).

1962 March 26 - Test/Aeronomy mission - Launch Site: Point Arguello. Launch Vehicle: Caleb. FAILURE: Structural failure. Apogee: 21 km (13 mi).

Bibliography and Further Reading

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.

WDC Rocket File (electronic version, supplied 2001) (via Jonathon McDowell).

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