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Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:31:00
Tuesday September 13, 1977
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Active 1975 to 1987
Agency
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 954 kg
Stages
3
Strap-ons
9
Launch vehicle exploded at T+52 seconds due to a rupture of the SRM #1 casing.
Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Fastest Turnaround
11 days 12 hours
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1977
91st
Orbital launch attempt
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