Little Joe II

Built & Operated By
Convair
Commercial · founded 1943
Family
Little Joe
variant II
Maiden Flight
28 AUG 1963
About
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.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
26.2 m
Diameter
3.9 m
Stages
1
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
5
Successful
4
Failed
1
Consecutive
1
Programmes 1
Apollo