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Thor SLV-2A Agena B

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

June 29, 1963

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
3
Length
31.0 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
67.0 T
Thrust
1571.0 kN

Family

Name
Thor SLV-2A Agena B
Family
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Variant
SLV-2A Agena B
Alias
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Full Name
Thor SLV-2A Agena B

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 two previous launch(es).

Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1966, 7:55 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Nimbus 2, the second in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, added an additional medium-resolution infrared radiometer (MRIR) compared to Nimbus 1.

Polar Orbit

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Thor SLV-2A Agena B | P-698BK Group 1-D 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 29, 1963, 10:30 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite using a tube-type F1 receiver with S-band horn antennas.

Low Earth Orbit

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