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GPS-7

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time19 Dec 198101:10 UTC

failure

Orbit: MEO

Serial number: 76E

B-2 engine shutdown at T+7 seconds due to sealant plugging up the gas generator; vehicle destroyed by Range Safety Officer just before impacting the ground at T+20 seconds.

Rocket AtlasE/F-SVS

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3EUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
GPS-7Navigation satellite--