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United States Air ForceLaunch FailureAstrophysicsThor Delta E1
Launched 1969-06-21 08:47:58 UTCSpace Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Elliptical Orbit
Thor Delta E1 lifted off with IMP G, 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.
Satellite instrumented to study interplanetary magnetic fields, energetic particles, and plasma.
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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
540kg
Liftoff thrust
1,450kN
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