Red Tigress Mission Report

摘要

Red Tigress was a pair of SDIO sponsored launches which carried a variety ofdeployables to be observed by the Malabar ground site. The launch vehicle was a solid fuel Aries Rocket integrated by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The vehicle suffered a severe guidance error and was destroyed approximately 20 seconds after liftoff. Red Tigress 2 was subsequently delayed to prevent this error from reoccurring. A further delay arose due to payload problems. On October 14, 1991, Red Tigress 2 successfully launched and completed its mission. The remainder of the report discusses the results of the Tracking Field Experiments participation in Red Tigress.