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DMSP-3B-F1

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time19 Jan 196505:03 UTC

partial failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: Thor 224

Maiden flight of the Thor-Burner series. Satellite failed to separate from the upper stage, but the satellite was able to operate for 6 months.

Rocket ThorMG-18

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-10WUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
DMSP-3B-F1Military weather satellite--