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Courier 1A
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 18 Aug 1960, 07:58 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor DM-21 Ablestar (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
An active repeater communications satellite. The vehicle failed during liftoff.