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United States Air ForceLaunch FailureGovernment/Top SecretAtlas E/MSD
Launched 1980-12-09 07:18 UTCSpace Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Atlas E MSD lifted off with Parcae 4A,B,C & MSD 4, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What United States Air Force finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
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Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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