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NOAA-B

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time29 May 198010:53 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: 19F

Loose seal resulted in flooded B-1 turbopump and low thrust; sustainer engine compensated by extending burn time, but the upper stage ignited while still attached to the Atlas and was left in a useless orbit.

Rocket AtlasE/F-Star-37S-ISS

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3WUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
NOAA-BWeather satellite--