Transit 3B & LOFTI-1

Name: Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 3B & LOFTI-1
Start: 1961-02-22T03:45:00+00:00
End: 1961-02-22T04:45:00+00:00
Location: Space Launch Complex 17B

Thor DM-21 Ablestar

United States Air Force

Launch Status

Partial Failure

Wed • Feb 22nd, 1961
3:45 AM UTC

Location

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

910 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Agency

United States Air Force – USAF

Type: Government
Abbreviation: USAF
Administration: Commander-in-Chief: President of the US
Founded: 1947
Country: USA

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.

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