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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 U.S. Air Force Space Command operates 10 Phase III DSCS satellites providing defense officials and battlefield commanders secure voice and high rate data communications. The DSCS III system also transmits space operations and early warning data to various systems and users.
Height 63.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 3900 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2890 kN
Diameter 5.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 8600 kg
Liftoff Mass 250 Tonnes
Launch Success 3
Consecutive Success 3
Maiden Flight 2003-03-11
Launch Failures 0