Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 3A
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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United States Air Force
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.
Transit 3A
Transit 3A was a US Navy navigation satellite that was destroyed by range safety when the launch vehicle shut down too early.
Thor DM-21 Ablestar
Height 29.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 760 kN
Diameter 1.44 Meters
Mass To LEO 150 kg
Liftoff Mass 51 Tonnes
Launch Success 13
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 1960-04-13
Launch Failures 6
