Little Joe II is an expendable suborbital vehicle built by Convair. It stands 26.2 m tall, first flew on 28 August 1963. It has flown 5 times with 4 successes, a success rate of 80.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
OPS-12/SPEC
ON FILE
Height26.2 m
Diameter3.9 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight28 August 1963
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
OPS-12/STAT
ON RECORD
Total flights5
Successful4
Failed1
Success rate80.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantII
About Little Joe II
American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed suborbital tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode.
