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United States Air ForceLaunch FailureCommunicationsThor Delta M
Launched 1968-09-19 00:09 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Orbit
Thor Delta M lifted off with INTELSAT III F-1, 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.
The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.
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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
34m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
355kg
Liftoff thrust
2,140kN
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