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Thor Able IV

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

March 11, 1960

Description

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

Specifications

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

Family

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

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 IV | Pioneer V

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 11, 1960, 1 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Pioneer 5 was a spin-stabilized space probe in the NASA Pioneer program used to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of Earth and Venus.

Heliocentric N/A

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