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Vandenberg SLC10
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Space Launch Complex 10 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Pads: 1. Latitude: 34.7612 N. Longitude: 120.6172 W. Thor Burner, Thor DSV-2U. - 1968 May 23 04:38 - DMSP-Block-4A F11 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2 277 Apogee: 883 km (548 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1968 October 23 04:34 - DMSP-Block-4A F12 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2 173 Apogee: 828 km (514 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1969 July 23 04:39 - DMSP-Block-4A F13 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2 279 Apogee: 835 km (518 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1970 February 11 08:40 - DMSP-Block-5A F1 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2 287 Apogee: 840 km (520 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1970 September 3 08:39 - DMSP-Block-5A F2 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2 288 Apogee: 837 km (520 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1971 February 17 03:52 - DMSP Block 5A F3 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2 249 Apogee: 799 km (496 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1971 June 8 14:00 - SESP 70-1 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2 210 Apogee: 580 km (360 mi). Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).
- 1971 October 14 07:51 - DMSP-Block-5B F1 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2A 159 Apogee: 850 km (520 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1972 March 24 08:46 - DMSP-Block-5B F2 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2A 153 Apogee: 858 km (533 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1972 November 9 03:23 - DMSP-Block-5B F3 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2A 294 Apogee: 841 km (522 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1973 August 17 04:49 - DMSP-Block-5B F4 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2A 291 Apogee: 819 km (508 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1974 March 16 08:00 - DMSP-Block-5B F5 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2A 207 Apogee: 846 km (525 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1974 August 9 03:22 - DMSP-Block-5C F1 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2A 275 Apogee: 844 km (524 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1975 May 24 03:22 - DMSP-Block-5C F2 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Thor Burner 2A 197 Apogee: 880 km (540 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1976 February 19 07:52 - DMSP-Block-5C F3 Launch Vehicle: Thor Burner. Early booster cut-off due to incorrect calculation of the Thor fuel load.. Thor Burner 2A 182 Apogee: 361 km (224 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program; unusable orbit. Last of the Thor Burner missions.
- 1976 September 11 08:00 - AMS 1 Launch Vehicle: Thor DSV-2U. Thor DSV-2U 172 Apogee: 833 km (517 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1977 June 5 02:59 - AMS 2 Launch Vehicle: Thor DSV-2U. Thor DSV-2U 183 Apogee: 849 km (527 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1978 May 1 03:05 - AMS 3 Launch Vehicle: Thor DSV-2U. Thor DSV-2U 143 Apogee: 799 km (496 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1979 June 6 18:22 - AMS 4 Launch Vehicle: Thor DSV-2U. Thor DSV-2U 264 Apogee: 826 km (513 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
- 1980 July 15 02:22 - AMS 5 Launch Vehicle: Thor DSV-2U. Separation problem gutted wiring from spacecraft.. Thor DSV-2U 304 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Although there was a press release immediately after the launch (by the spacecraft SPO) that said the 2nd stage motor exploded, in reality the problem was found to be due to poor design of the electrical connectors between the 2nd and third stages and a separation problem that ripped the wiring out of the spacecraft.
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