that only ote ai-bLo trajscter was catained on Teak.
seven Mea ONeATTIN -
were floam on Orange; an eishta wait was rescs Bee could Bot be lists RE
Cause of Srife in the transaitter frequency.
Six of these Deacca-Arrnws tlow
meraslly; the seccood stage failed co rigaite on Cae sevent rocad.
Ustertun-
ately, this round, which was the only failure aang the 55 Deacon-arrns
flown from Joonston, was one of the tev rounmls Seing tracked by MDOT tor
Orange.
Im susmary, it appears that (1) the Deacon-Arrow units flew oraails,
but the noaginal altitude performance was abour & percent below presdor estimates, (2) the Viper-Arrow system was unsatisfactory Because of an aeroelastic weakness in the desiso, and (3) it is possible to anke a satisfactory
postshoet esticate cf a ziven trajectory by using only che cotal time of flighe
and the launch conditions.
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1.
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