Orion EFT-1

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Orion EFT-1 was the first uncrewed test flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, designed to validate its critical systems for future deep-space missions.

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instanceOf test flight
uncrewed spaceflight mission
abbreviation EFT-1 NERFINISHED
agency NASA Exploration Systems Development NERFINISHED
apogee about 5,800 kilometers above Earth
capsuleRecovery U.S. Navy NERFINISHED
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
crew uncrewed
followedBy Exploration Mission-1 planning
heatShieldMaterial Avcoat ablative material NERFINISHED
landingSite Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
landingType splashdown
launchDate 2014-12-05
launchProvider United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37B NERFINISHED
Cape Canaveral, Florida NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Delta IV Heavy NERFINISHED
missionDesignation Exploration Flight Test 1 NERFINISHED
missionDuration approximately 4.5 hours
missionRole pathfinder for future crewed Orion missions
missionType uncrewed test flight
objective validate critical systems for deep-space missions
operator NASA
orbitType high Earth orbit
precededBy ground tests of Orion spacecraft
program Orion program NERFINISHED
reentrySpeed approximately 8.9 kilometers per second
reentryType high-speed atmospheric reentry test
relatedTo NASA deep-space exploration plans
result mission objectives largely achieved
spacecraftConfiguration Orion crew module with test service module NERFINISHED
spacecraftManufacturer Lockheed Martin NERFINISHED
spacecraftTested Orion spacecraft NERFINISHED
testedEnvironment radiation environment of high Earth orbit
testedScenario lunar-return-like reentry conditions
testedSubsystem Orion flight software
Orion power and data systems NERFINISHED
Orion separation and pyrotechnic systems
Orion structural performance
Orion thermal protection system NERFINISHED
testedSystem Orion avionics NERFINISHED
Orion heat shield NERFINISHED
attitude control system
guidance, navigation, and control systems
parachute system
separation events and fairing jettison

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Delta IV Heavy notableMission Orion EFT-1