launched fromUSA
DM-F3
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AUG 23200011:05:00 UTCThe third and final flight of the Delta III, carrying only a dummy payload of steel and aluminum sized to mimic a Hughes HS-601 satellite, after the rocket's first two flights with real spacecraft both failed. The second-stage RL10 engine suffered a chamber rupture and shut down early, leaving the mass model in too low an orbit. It was the closest the troubled vehicle ever came to success, and Boeing retired the design soon after.
LIFTOFF
AUG 23 200011:05:00 UTC
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launched fromSLC-17BCanaveral
aboardDelta III 8930Delta 280intoMEO
Payload
DM-F3
Boilerplate / Calibration target
