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
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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
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Name
Thor DSV-2U -
Family
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Variant
DSV-2U -
Alias
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Full Name
Thor DSV-2U
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
500.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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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.
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