Thor DSV-2U
In-activeMcDonnell Douglas (MDC)
Sept. 11, 1976
Description
The Thor DSV-2U or Thor LV-2F Star-37XE Star-37S-ISS was an American expendable launch system used to launch five DMSP weather satellites between 1976 and 1980.
Specifications
-
Stages
1 -
Length
23.0 m -
Diameter
2.44 m -
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m -
Launch Mass
49.0 T -
Thrust
750.0 kN
Family
-
Name
Thor DSV-2U -
Family
― -
Variant
DSV-2U -
Alias
― -
Full Name
Thor DSV-2U
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
― -
Low Earth Orbit
500.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
― -
Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―
McDonnell Douglas
Commercial
None
MDCNone
Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F5
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 15, 1980, 2:22 a.m.
Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F4
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 6, 1979, 6:22 p.m.
Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F3
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 1, 1978, 3:05 a.m.
Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F2
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 5, 1977, 2:59 a.m.
Falcon 9
Success
GPS III SV09
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USANinth of ten GPS III missions.
Falcon 9
Success
Starlink Group 17-20
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
New Shepard
Success
NS-38
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USANS-38 is the 17th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 38th in the New Shepard program's history.
Electron
Success
The Cosmos Will See You Now (Open Cosmos Constellation Launch 1)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandFirst 2 satellites (named MR-1 and MR-2) of UK-based Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation designed to provide independent and resilient co…
Falcon 9
Success
Starlink Group 17-30
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
