Image: Thor DSV-2U launch with DMSP-5D-F5 satellite
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Description: Thor DSV-2U rocket launch with a DMSP-5D-F5 satellite, July 15, 1980, from Vandenberg AFB SCL-10W. The satellite was lost when the second and third stages did not properly disconnect, resulting in flight control wiring being ripped out.
Title: Thor DSV-2U launch with DMSP-5D-F5 satellite
Credit: http://www.patrick.af.mil/heritage/Cape/cape1/Images/cape024f.jpg (archived at http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/1994/cape/cape024f.jpg
Author: U.S. Air Force
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