Failure

Delta 8930 | Orion 3

Name: Delta 8930 | Orion 3
Start: 1999-05-05T01:00:00Z

Wed 5 May, 01:00 UTC

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.

Mission type: Communications · Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Rocket: Delta III · Provider: United States Air Force

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)