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Thor Able III

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

Aug. 7, 1959

Description

American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
27.4 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
52.0 T
Thrust
668.0 kN

Family

Name
Thor Able III
Family
―
Variant
Able III
Alias
―
Full Name
Thor Able III

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
―
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial

None

MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

Thor Able III | Explorer 6

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 7, 1959, 2:24 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Explorer 6 was an American satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation and the flux of micrometeorites. It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth's cloud cover, and transmitted the first pictures of Earth from a satellite.

Elliptical Orbit

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