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BoeingMixed resultDelta IV Heavy
Launched 2004-12-21 21:50 UTCSpace Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Two nanosats were lost after a first stage anomaly. Additionally, the mass simulator was placed into the wrong orbit.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Partial failure
Lifted off
Delta IV Heavy lifted off with its payload, but the launch was only a partial success.
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Waiting on the Cause
No cause has been given yet. What Boeing finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Boeing as a space agency has recently provided NASA with assistance on sending humans to the ISS from American with both their construction of the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule and their work on the SLS Avionics to return to the moon and beyond. Their ventures in GPS satellite systems and Tracking and Data Relay Satellites provide information about earth-orbiting craft to stations on the ground. They also enable research on the ISS and will be helping with the construction of the Lunar Gateway.
Launches
2
Successful
1
50%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
72m
Diameter
5m
To low Earth orbit
28,370kg
Liftoff thrust
8,674kN
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