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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.
Joint US-German-UK astrophysics research satellite
Height 36.00 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 954 kg
Liftoff Thrust 3188 kN
Diameter 2.44 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 191 Tonnes
Launch Success 5
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 1982-10-28
Launch Failures 0