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United States Air ForceLaunch FailureCommunicationsDelta 8930
Launched 1999-05-05 01:00 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Orbit
Delta III 8930 lifted off with Orion 3, 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.
American communications satellite. The launch on 4 May 1999 was unsuccessful due to underperformance by the rocket booster and the satellite was left in a useless orbit.
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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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Height
35m
Diameter
4m
To low Earth orbit
8,290kg
Liftoff thrust
4,889kN
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