Thank you very much for visiting Gunter's Space Page. I hope that this site is useful and informative for you.
If you appreciate the information provided on this site, please consider supporting my work by making a simple and secure donation via PayPal. Please help to run the website and keep everything free of charge. Thank you very much.
X-17A
 |
 |
 |
| X-17A with Reentry payload | X-17A with Project Argus W-25 Nuclear Bomb [USNavy] | Polaris-FTV-3 |
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-17A | Sergeant (TX-20) | 3 × Recruit (XM-19) | Recruit (XM-19E1) |
| Pegasus | Sergeant (TX-20) | 3 × Recruit (XM-19) | Recruit (XM-19E1) |
| Polaris-FTV-3 | Sergeant (TX-20) | 3 × Recruit (XM-19) | Recruit (XM-19E1) |
Nr TypeNr Vehicle Serial Date LS Suc Payload Remark
1 1 X-17A D-1 26.08.1955 CC LC-3 F (R/D) terminated T+6 sec 2 2 X-17A D-2 23.09.1955 CC LC-3 F (R/D) exploded T+13.5 3 3 X-17A D-3 01.12.1955 CC LC-3 (R/D) 4 4 X-17A D-4 20.01.1956 CC LC-3 (R/D) 5 5 X-17A D-5 05.03.1956 CC LC-3 (R/D) 6 6 X-17A R-1 17.04.1956 CC LC-3 (R/D) 7 7 X-17A D-6A 26.06.1956 CC LC-3 (R/D) 8 8 X-17A R-2 17.07.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 9 9 X-17A R-3 27.07.1956 CC LC-3 F (Reentry) Stage 3 failed to ignite 10 10 X-17A R-4 18.08.1956 CC LC-3 F (Reentry) exploded T+18 sec 11 11 X-17A R-5 23.08.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 12 12 X-17A R-6 28.08.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 13 13 X-17A R-7 08.09.1956 CC LC-3 P (Reentry) all stages fired upward 14 14 X-17A R-8 01.10.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 15 15 X-17A R-9 05.10.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 16 16 X-17A R-10 13.10.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 17 17 X-17A R-11 18.10.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 18 18 X-17A R-12 25.10.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 19 19 X-17A R-13 05.11.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 20 20 X-17A R-14 16.11.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 21 21 X-17A R-15 23.11.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 22 22 X-17A R-16 03.12.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 23 23 X-17A R-17 11.12.1956 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 24 24 X-17A R-18 08.01.1957 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 25 25 X-17A R-19 15.01.1957 CC LC-3 F (Reentry) Stage 2 & 3 failed 26 26 X-17A R-20 29.01.1957 CC LC-3 F (Reentry) Range Safety T+26 27 27 X-17A R-21 07.02.1957 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 28 28 X-17A R-22 14.02.1957 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 29 29 X-17A R-23 01.03.1957 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 30 30 X-17A R-24 15.03.1957 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 31 31 X-17A R-25 21.03.1957 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 32 1 Polaris-FTV-3 3-204-1 19.07.1957 CC LC-3 0.4-scale RV 33 32 X-17A R-26 22.07.1957 CC LC-3 (Reentry) 34 2 Polaris-FTV-3 3-204-2 09.08.1957 CC LC-3 0.4-scale RV 35 3 Polaris-FTV-3 3-204-3 24.10.1957 CC LC-3 0.4-scale RV 36 4 Polaris-FTV-3 3-204-4 08.11.1957 CC LC-3 0.4-scale RV 37 33 X-17A - 02.07.1958 @SC, AVM-1 Winder 1 (Argus Unarmed Test 1) 38 34 X-17A - 09.07.1958? @SC, AVM-1 F Winder 2 (Argus Unarmed Test 2) 39 35 X-17A - 17.07.1958? @SC, AVM-1 F Winder 3 (Argus Unarmed Test 3) 30 36 X-17A - 24.07.1958 @SC, AVM-1 Winder 4 (Argus Unarmed Test 4) 40 37 X-17A - 27.08.1958 @SA, AVM-1 Argus 1 (W-25 Nuke) 41 38 X-17A - 30.08.1958 @SA, AVM-1 Argus 2 (W-25 Nuke) 42 39 X-17A - 03.09.1958 @SA, AVM-1 Argus 3 (W-25 Nuke) Launch sites: CC = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USASC, AVM-1 = USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), San Clemente Island SA, AVM-1 = USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), South Atlantic
