launched fromUSA

USA-249

Name: USA-249
Start: 2014-04-03T14:46:30Z
Location: Vandenberg

Failure

APR 03201414:46:30 UTC

The spacecraft stopped responding to commands on 11 February 2016 due to a power failure affecting an encrypted command-and-control system.

LIFTOFF

APR 03 2014

14:46:30 UTC

Failure

launched fromSLC-3EVandenberg

aboardAtlas V 401intoLEO

Payload

USA-249 (DMSP-5D3 F19)

Meteorology