United States Air Force

Orion 3

Delta III 8930

FAILURE
Failure

Wednesday, May 5, 1999 · 01:00 UTC

Mission

/01

American communications satellite. The launch on 4 May 1999 was unsuccessful due to underperformance by the rocket booster and the satellite was left in a useless orbit.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Delta III 8930

Variant: 8930

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.446° N, 80.566° W

110

Pad Launches

564

Location Launches

1010

Agency Launches

25

Orbital This Year

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