EFT-1

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EFT-1 is NASA's first uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft, conducted in 2014 to evaluate its critical systems during high Earth orbit and reentry.

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instanceOf Orion test flight ⓘ
spaceflight mission ⓘ
uncrewed test flight ⓘ
agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA
apogee about 3,600 miles ⓘ
about 5,800 kilometers ⓘ
crew uncrewed ⓘ
followedBy Artemis I ⓘ
fullName Exploration Flight Test 1 ⓘ
heatShieldMaterial AVCOAT ablative material ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 2014-12-05 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37B ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta IV Heavy ⓘ
launchVehicleOperator United Launch Alliance ⓘ
launchYear 2014 ⓘ
missionDuration approximately 4.5 hours ⓘ
missionType test flight ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 2 ⓘ
perigee low Earth orbit ⓘ
precededBy no prior Orion orbital test flight ⓘ
primaryObjective test Orion avionics ⓘ
test Orion guidance and control systems ⓘ
test Orion heat shield ⓘ
test Orion parachute system ⓘ
test Orion recovery operations ⓘ
test Orion separation events ⓘ
program Orion program ⓘ
reentryEnvironment high-energy Earth reentry ⓘ
reentryProfile lunar-return-like reentry velocity simulation ⓘ
reentrySpeed about 20,000 miles per hour ⓘ
about 8.9 kilometers per second ⓘ
relatedProgram Artemis program ⓘ
result mission objectives largely achieved ⓘ
significance first flight of Orion on a Delta IV Heavy ⓘ
first orbital flight test of Orion spacecraft ⓘ
spacecraft Orion spacecraft ⓘ
spacecraftType Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Orion spacecraft
splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean ⓘ
splashdownRecovery U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
status completed ⓘ
testedSystem Orion avionics ⓘ
Orion crew module structure ⓘ
Orion flight software ⓘ
Orion guidance, navigation, and control ⓘ
Orion heat shield ⓘ
Orion parachutes ⓘ
Orion separation mechanisms ⓘ

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