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DMSP-5C-F3

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time19 Feb 197607:52 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: Thor 182

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

Rocket ThorBurner 2A

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-10WUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
DMSP-5C-F3Military weather satellite--