eventAbort Test

CST-100 Starliner Pad Abort Test

Name: CST-100 Starliner Pad Abort Test
Start: 2019-11-04T14:15:00.000Z
End: 2019-11-04T14:15:00.000Z
Location: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:15:00 GMT

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Source record updated Mar 5, 2024, 5:28 PM UTC. This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.

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LOCATIONWhite Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

Mission

NASA and Boeing will broadcast live coverage of the CST-100 Starliner Pad Abort Test on Monday, Nov. 4, from Launch Complex 32 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The test is designed to verify that each of Starliner’s systems will function not only separately, but in concert, to protect astronauts by carrying them safely away from the launch pad in the unlikely event of an emergency prior to liftoff. During the test, Starliner’s four launch abort engines and several orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters will fire, pushing the spacecraft approximately 1 mile above land and 1 mile north of the test stand.