MISSION NAME
DMSP-5D1 F5 5
Status
Failure
DATE
15 JUL 1980
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 10W
Description
Military meteorological satellite
Thor DSV-2U
Rocket Description
The Thor DSV-2U or Thor LV-2F Star-37XE Star-37S-ISS was an American expendable launch system used to launch five DMSP weather satellites between 1976 and 1980.