Thor SLV-2 Agena D

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

May 31, 1967

Description

Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The rockets used Thor first stages and Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more-famous Thor-Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    27.2 m
  • Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Launch Mass
    56.0 T
  • Thrust
    756.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Thor SLV-2 Agena D
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    SLV-2 Agena D
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Thor SLV-2 Agena D
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $19560000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    ―
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial
None
MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on eight previous launch(es).

Thor SLV-2 Agena D | Poppy 7A,B,C,D

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 31, 1967, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | MRPV

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 2, 1965, 8 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

MRPV (Multi Research Payload Vehicle) was a satellite which carried 21 experiments for the USAF.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | Poppy 6A,B,C,D

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 9, 1965, 6:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | DSAP-1 F8 & F9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 18, 1964, 4:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | DSAP-1 F6 & F7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 19, 1964, 10:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-4 25

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 27, 1963, 9:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 24 also carried the RM 5 radiometer payload for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-4 24 & RM 5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 9, 1963, 8:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 24 also carried the RM 5 radiometer payload for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-5 9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 29, 1963, 8:31 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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