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NOSS-4

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time9 Dec 198007:18 UTC

failure

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: 68E

Loss of turbopump lubricant caused B-1 engine shut down just prior to booster jettison; vehicle flipped around 180° and descended back towards Earth, breaking up as it fell.

Rocket AtlasE/F-MSD

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3WUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
NOSS-4ELINT--