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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceTitan II SLV
Launched 2002-06-24 18:23:04 UTCSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Worldwide
32nd
orbital launch attempt in 2002
United States Air Force
4th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 4W
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
641 d 8 h
since the pad's previous launch
NOAA M carried weather imagers and microwave and infrared sounders, as well as a SARSAT search-and-rescue package. It had an on-orbit mass of 1475 kg.
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
31.4m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
3,600kg
Liftoff thrust
1,900kN
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