GOES-G

 1986-F04

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GOES G was launched at 2218 on 1986 May 3 by a Delta 3914 from Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral. Only a minute into the flight, a short circuit from a chafing wire caused a premature main engine cutoff on the ELT Thor stage. The nose fairing broke up due to aerodynamic pressure, and the range safety officer destroyed the rocket at T+90 sec.

GOES G
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 May 3	2218	Launch by Delta 3914
		T+1:03 SRM 1-6 out
		T+1:03 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+1:03 SRM 7-9 burn
		T+1:05 16 km, 0.63 km/s
		T+1:11 MECO (premature)
		Fairing failure
		Stage 2 explosion
	2219	T+1:30 RSO destruct