Department of the Air Force Report, 1996

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from the Western Range were not included since available performance records were
incomplete. The results for the four vehicles are combined in Table 11. Table 12 gives
last-occurrence dates by' response mode for each launch vehicle.
Table 7. Number of Atlas Failures - All Confisrurations (532 Flights)
Flight
Failure-Res :,onse Mode
3&4
Phase
1
2
3
4
5
'NA'
Tumble
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0-1
7
1
2
38
8
4
11
0-2
7
1
2
66
15
13
19
0-3
7
1
2
86
15
18
25
0-4
7
1
2
89
15
21
27
0-5
7
1
2
89
15
23
27
Table 8. Number of Delta Failures - All Configurations (232 Flights)
Flight
Failure-Res oonse Mode
3&4
Phase
1
2
4
5
'NA'
Tumble
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
·2
0-1
0
0
2
5
0
0
0-2
0
0
4
2
10
1
0
0-3
0
0
0
7
3
12
1
13
0-4
0
0
0
7
3
1
1
7
3
15
0-5
0
0
0
Table 9. Number of Titan Failures - All Configurations (337 Flights)
Flight
Phase
1
Fail
2
ure-Res
3
4
oonse Mode
5
'NA'
3&4
Tumble
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0-1
2
2
0
13
1
0
5
0-2
2
2
0
39
5
3
10
0-3
2
2
0
46
5
5
11
0-4
2
2
0
47
5
7
11
0-5
2
2
0
47
5
10
11
Table 10. Number of Eastern-Range Thor Failures (85 Flights)
Flight
Failure-Res oonse Mode
3&4
Tumble
Phase
1
2
3
4
5
'NA'
0
0-1
0-2
0-3
0-4
0-5
0
4
4
4
4
4
0
0
0
0
1
1
15
4
1
1
20
5
1
1
22
5
1
1
22
5
1
1
22
5
0
1
3
3
4
5
0
3
3
3
3
3
9/10/%
25
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