Titan 34D from Vandenberg failed during first-stage ascent (propellant-feed malfunction), destroying KH-11 Crystal 7, a classified NRO electro-optical reconnaissance satellite bound for sun-synchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 4th
- of 7 Titan 34D flights
- Date and time
- 28 August 1985, 21:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 34D
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- Launches in 1985
- 78th of 125