Jive tos’. daerghod dis three st Cela Proving Brac Seeman anc ony tye ; Hate Past Mugu rt sends Grounds wvo at the NAMTC, Point 4 single-stege ASP was Leunched on 7 January at dSPG to determine cents Yor the presont ASP desien. Good date tore sbtainec, On & January, a two-stago vehicle, consisting of an ASP and tue Leki. motors, Was flown, The Lokits ignited on schedule, bui the expected alti~ tude was not obtained, It vas believed that the second stage ignition ciming might not have been optimun, The head dic net separate. os Gid not fete Another ASP with two Loki's was launched cn 17 Janusry. * pnite and the heed did not separate. The Leki's Programmer failure was be- lieved to be the cause of these malfunctions. On 22 January, en ASP with two Loki's was leunched at the NAM? Point Mugu. Botn Loki’s ignited on echedule, the head separated, and both parachutes deployed properly. Photographic coverage was excellent. motor section was recovered, but the head was not. The It is not known whether the flotation system failed or the recovery ship simmly did not locate the head. Peak altitude was considerably less than was expected. The fifth test was conducted at NAMTC on 23 January, using essentially the same vehicle. properly. The Leki's ignited on schedule, end the head separated No data were obtained from the ground equipment at Mugu util the final 2 or 3 minutes of the flight. Radar coverage during this period shoved that the second stage chute head not deployed. A test employing an ASP with two stages of tvo Loki's each ia planned, It was decided to mount the head on the four Loki’s and deploy the ASP at o 2