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United States Air ForceLaunch FailureGovernment/Top SecretThor Agena A
Launched 1960-02-04 18:51:45 UTCSpace Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Thor Agena A lifted off with Discoverer 9, but the launch failed.
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Discoverer 9 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite, the sixth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, and the first of them to be equipped with a new, vacuum-proof, polyester-based film. The satellite was not successfully orbited.
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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
28m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
250kg
Liftoff thrust
667kN
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