Thor DM-21 Agena-B

In-active

United States Air Force (USAF)

Oct. 26, 1960

Description

Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles.

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    Thor DM-21 Agena-B
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United States Air Force

Government
Commander-in-Chief: President of the US
USAF 1947

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.

Previous Flights

flew on 40 previous launch(es).

Thor DM-21 Agena-B | P-698BK Group 1-D 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 16, 1963, 9:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite using a tube-type F1 receiver with S-band horn antennas.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 15

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 24, 1962, 10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 14

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 5, 1962, 10:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 7

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 9, 1962, 6:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Alouette 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 29, 1962, 6:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with an ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle detector, and a cosmic noise experiment.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 12

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 17, 1962, 11:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 6

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 1, 1962, 8:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 9

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 28, 1962, 12:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 8

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 21, 1962, 12:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 6

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 23, 1962, 12:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | P-102 Group 2-D 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 18, 1962, 8:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite using a tube-type F1 receiver with S-band horn antennas.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 5

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 2, 1962, 12:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 4

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 30, 1962, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 5

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1962, 7:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 3

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 29, 1962, 12:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 2

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 18, 1962, 12:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 27, 1962, 7:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | P-102 Group 0-D

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 21, 1962, 6:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite using a tube-type F1 receiver with S-band horn antennas.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 37

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 13, 1962, 9:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Discoverer 37 was a KH-3 (Keyhole-3) optical reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 36 & OSCAR 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 12, 1961, 8:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 35

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 15, 1961, 9:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 34

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 5, 1961, 8 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 33

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 23, 1961, 7:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 32

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 13, 1961, 7:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 31

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 17, 1961, 9 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 30

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 12, 1961, 7:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 29

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 30, 1961, 8 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 28

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 4, 1961, 12:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 4

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 21, 1961, 10:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 26

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 7, 1961, 11:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 25

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 16, 1961, 11:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 3

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 8, 1961, 9:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 2

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 8, 1961, 7:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 22

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 30, 1961, 8:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 21 (MIDAS RM-2)

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 18, 1961, 10:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 17, 1961, 8:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 19

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 20, 1960, 8:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Discoverer 19 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Missile Defence Alarm System.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 18

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 7, 1960, 8:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Discoverer 18 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. This was the first successful mission employing the KH-2 camera system

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 17

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 12, 1960, 8:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Discoverer 17 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The mission was classed as a failure. Orbit was entered successfully however the film was separated before any camera operation leaving only 0.5m of film in the capsule.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 16

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 26, 1960, 8:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Discoverer 16 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. The launch failed when the Agena stage failed to seperate from Thor.

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