The first of two static fire tests was completed on 21 September 2015 and included the subcooled propellant and the improved Merlin 1D engines.
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The first Atlas-Able used an Atlas C as the first stage, but this exploded during a static fire test on 24 September 1959.
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On September 10, 2009 a five-segment Space Shuttle SRB was static fired on the ground in ATK's desert testing area in Utah.
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The remaining launches used Launch Complex 13; this became the second Atlas-Able to be destroyed during a static firing, and hence never launched.
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With both loaders, the maximum static firing rate of the gun was five rounds per minute, owing to the design of the two-piece ammunition.
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The launch vehicle sustained minor damage and was returned to MSFC . Static fire testing on the Redstone Test Stand in February 1961 verified that repairs were successful.
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On March 31, failure of a prevalve to close caused program officials at MTF to scrub the first attempt to static fire the S-II-2 stage.
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On this engine, one of those seams had failed during a static firing, and despite subsequent repair, it was suspected that the same seam had failed again.
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The Jupiter program was more successful also due to far better testing and preparation, for example, each missile was given a full duration static firing in Huntsville prior to delivery.
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In March 1936, Army General Werner von Fritsch witnessed a static firing of an A3 engine at Kummersdorf, and was sufficiently impressed to lend his support to the rocket program.
