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You'll have to define 'pad abort' as you are talking about both Apollo, Soyuz and the Space Shuttle. Apollo/Soyuz and Space Shuttle are vastly different vehicles, hence they have vastly different definitions of aborts.

There were five RSLS (Redundant Set Launch Sequencer) aborts during the STS programmeaborts during the STS programme (on STS-41-D, STS-51, STS-51-F, STS-55 and STS-68). Since these occur after main engine start but before booster ignition (after which the shuttle was committed to launch) I would technically qualify these as 'pad aborts', albeit a lot less spectacular than pad aborts for Apollo or Soyuz.

You'll have to define 'pad abort' as you are talking about both Apollo, Soyuz and the Space Shuttle. Apollo/Soyuz and Space Shuttle are vastly different vehicles, hence they have vastly different definitions of aborts.

There were five RSLS (Redundant Set Launch Sequencer) aborts during the STS programme (on STS-41-D, STS-51, STS-51-F, STS-55 and STS-68). Since these occur after main engine start but before booster ignition (after which the shuttle was committed to launch) I would technically qualify these as 'pad aborts', albeit a lot less spectacular than pad aborts for Apollo or Soyuz.

You'll have to define 'pad abort' as you are talking about both Apollo, Soyuz and the Space Shuttle. Apollo/Soyuz and Space Shuttle are vastly different vehicles, hence they have vastly different definitions of aborts.

There were five RSLS (Redundant Set Launch Sequencer) aborts during the STS programme (on STS-41-D, STS-51, STS-51-F, STS-55 and STS-68). Since these occur after main engine start but before booster ignition (after which the shuttle was committed to launch) I would technically qualify these as 'pad aborts', albeit a lot less spectacular than pad aborts for Apollo or Soyuz.

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You'll have to define 'pad abort' as you are talking about both Apollo, Soyuz and the Space Shuttle. Apollo/Soyuz and Space Shuttle are vastly different vehicles, hence they have vastly different definitions of aborts.

There were five RSLS (Redundant Set Launch Sequencer) aborts during the STS programme (on STS-41-D, STS-51, STS-51-F, STS-55 and STS-68). Since these occur after main engine start but before booster ignition (after which the shuttle was committed to launch) I would technically qualify these as 'pad aborts', albeit a lot less spectacular than pad aborts for Apollo or Soyuz.