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United States Air ForceLaunch FailureNavigationThor DM-21 Ablestar
Launched 1964-04-21 18:50 UTCSpace Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Polar Orbit
Thor DM-21 Ablestar lifted off with Transit-5BN 3, 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.
Transit navigation satellite equipped with nuclear power.
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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
29m
Diameter
1.4m
To low Earth orbit
150kg
Liftoff thrust
760kN
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