Launch Failure

Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Courier 1A

Name: Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Courier 1A
Start: 1960-08-18T19:58:00.000Z
End: 1960-08-18T19:58:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

August 18, 1960 at 7:58 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Courier 1A launch image — Mission imagery · Thor DM-21 Ablestar

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August 18, 1960 at 7:58 PM UTC

Status: Launch Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4458, -80.5657

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Rocket: Thor DM-21 Ablestar
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: August 18, 1960 at 7:58 PM UTC
Window closes: August 18, 1960 at 7:58 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:42 PM UTC

Mission description

An active repeater communications satellite. The vehicle failed during liftoff.

Vehicle

Thor DM-21 Ablestar

Thor-Ablestar · DM-21

Height

29 m

Diameter

1.44 m

LEO capacity

150 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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