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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
First generation geostationary communication satellite built for RCA Americom
Height 35.00 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 954 kg
Liftoff Thrust 3046 kN
Diameter 2.44 Meters
Mass To LEO 951 kg
Liftoff Mass 185 Tonnes
Launch Success 10
Consecutive Success 0
Maiden Flight 1975-12-13
Launch Failures 2