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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulAstrophysicsDelta 6920-10
Launched 1990-06-01 21:48 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
51st
orbital launch attempt in 1990
United States Air Force
7th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 17A
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
67 d 19 h
since the pad's previous launch
X-ray observatory developed by German, the United States and the United Kingdom
Launch Provider
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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Height
39m
Diameter
2.4m
Liftoff thrust
3,790kN
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