ASSET (spacecraft)

ASSET (Aerothermodynamic Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests)

Preserved ASSET vehicle at USAF Museum, Dayton, Ohio
Function	experimental US space project involving the testing of an uncrewed sub-scale reentry vehicle.
Manufacturer	McDonnell Aircraft
Country of origin	United States
Size
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Width	4 ft 7 in (1.40 m)
Mass	1,190 lb (540 kg)
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
Total launches	6
Success(es)	1
Partial failure(s)	5 (vehicles not recovered though flights were successful)
First flight	18 September 1963
Last flight	23 February 1965
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ASSET, or Aerothermodynamic Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests was an experimental US space project involving the testing of an uncrewed sub-scale reentry vehicle.