Status
Failure
ITOS-B
Launch Time
Thu Oct 21, 1971 11:32 UTC
Thu Oct 21, 1971 11:32 UTC
2nd stage oxidizer leak starting at T+20 seconds. The attitude control system ran out of propellant trying to correct the stage's flight path and the launch vehicle reentered the atmosphere and broke up above the Arctic Circle.
Rocket
Location
SLC-2E (75-1-1), Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1971
100th orbital launch attempt
Delta N
8th mission
2nd mission of 1971
1st failed mission