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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsDelta IV M
Launched 2003-03-11 00:59 UTCSpace Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
8th
orbital launch attempt in 2003
United States Air Force
4th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 37B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
110 d 2 h
since the pad's previous launch
The U.S. Air Force Space Command operates 10 Phase III DSCS satellites providing defense officials and battlefield commanders secure voice and high rate data communications. The DSCS III system also transmits space operations and early warning data to various systems and users.
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
63m
Diameter
5m
To low Earth orbit
8,600kg
Liftoff thrust
2,890kN
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