Titan II SLV | Coriolis
Space Launch Complex 4W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, 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.
Coriolis
The Coriolis / Windsat / SMEI three-year mission will provide Defense Department and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather data users with important ocean wind and solar wind measurements -- improving forecasting around the globe while building important knowledge that will be used in developing the next generation of Polar-orbiting environmental satellites.
Titan II SLV
Height 31.40 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 1900 kN
Diameter 3.05 Meters
Mass To LEO 3600 kg
Liftoff Mass 117 Tonnes
Launch Success 12
Consecutive Success 9
Maiden Flight 1988-09-05
Launch Failures 1
