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Morpheus 1.5A Alpha flight article

Alpha was the Morpheus article used for the initial Kennedy free-flight campaign. On 7 August 2012 it briefly lifted off and automatically aborted after a false engine-fault indication. On 9 August IMU data was lost shortly after liftoff and the vehicle crashed. The investigation isolated the failure to the IMU-to-flight-computer data path; hardware and test-process improvements were applied to Bravo.

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Morpheus AlphaMorpheus 1.5A
Name
Morpheus 1.5A Alpha flight article
Status
destroyed

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Alpha was the Morpheus article used for the initial Kennedy free-flight campaign. On 7 August 2012 it briefly lifted off and automatically aborted after a false engine-fault indication. On 9 August IMU data was lost shortly after liftoff and the vehicle crashed. The investigation isolated the failure to the IMU-to-flight-computer data path; hardware and test-process improvements were applied to Bravo.
First Flight Date
2012-08-07
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Creation Time
October 29, 2026 at 15:36:05 UTC
Updated Time
October 29, 2026 at 15:36:05 UTC

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Last Flight Date
2012-08-09
Morpheus 1.5A Alpha flight article - AeroVia