launched fromUSA

DMSP-5C-F3

Name: DMSP-5C-F3
Start: 1976-02-19T07:52:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Failure

FEB 19197607:52:00 UTC

Thor stage not loaded with enough kerosene fuel due to incorrect LR79 main engine data sheet entry. Satellite re-entered after one orbit.

LIFTOFF

FEB 19 1976

07:52:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromSLC-10WVandenberg

aboardThor Burner 2AThor 182intoLEO

Payload

Military weather satellite