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Thor Burner 1

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

May 20, 1965

Description

The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor rocket family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
23.0 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
50.0 T
Thrust
668.0 kN

Family

Name
Thor Burner 1
Family
―
Variant
Burner 1
Alias
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Full Name
Thor Burner 1

Payload Capacity

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

Commercial

None

MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on four previous launch(es).

Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 31, 1966, 5:41 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 7, 1966, 4:48 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 10, 1965, 4:41 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor Burner 1 | OPS 8386

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 1965, 4:30 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The single DSAP-3 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 3) was a modified DSAP-2 satellite to provide experimental tactical access to weather data.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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