launched fromUSA

NOSS-4

Name: NOSS-4
Start: 1980-12-09T07:18:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Failure

DEC 09198007:18:00 UTC

Loss of turbopump lubricant caused B-1 engine shut down just prior to booster jettison; vehicle flipped around 180° and descended back towards Earth, breaking up as it fell.

LIFTOFF

DEC 09 1980

07:18:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromSLC-3WVandenberg

aboardAtlas E/F-MSD68EintoLEO

Payload

NOSS-4

ELINT