launched fromUSA

DMSP-5D-F5

Name: DMSP-5D-F5
Start: 1980-07-15T02:22:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Failure

JUL 15198002:22:00 UTC

Final flight of the Long Tank Thor. Failure attributed to faulty connection between second and third stages, resulting in third stage not receiving electrical power.

LIFTOFF

JUL 15 1980

02:22:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromSLC-10WVandenberg

aboardThor DSV-2UThor 304intoLEO

Payload

DMSP-5D-F5

Military weather satellite