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Thor DM-21 Ablestar

Partial Failure

Transit 3B & LOFTI-1 · United States Air Force

Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Feb 22, 1961, 03:45 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Feb 22, 1961, 03:45 UTC – Wednesday, Feb 22, 1961, 03:45 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Thor DM-21 Ablestar
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Partial Failure

Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.