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Orion 3

Delta III · Communications

1999Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral

Mission

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.

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Mission Facts

Provider
USAF
Rocket
Delta III
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
NET precision
Year
Data source
LL2
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