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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.
The Spitzer Space Telescope was an infared space telescope with a planned mission period of 2.5 years - which actually stayed fully operational until 2009.
Height 38.90 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 2120 kg
Liftoff Thrust 0 kN
Diameter 2.44 Meters
Mass To LEO 5959 kg
Liftoff Mass 232 Tonnes
Launch Success 2
Consecutive Success 2
Maiden Flight 2003-08-25
Launch Failures 0
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