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Thor · United States Air Force

Thor SLV-2 Agena D

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
27.2 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Mass
56,000 kg
Stages
2
First flight
1967-05-31
Total launches
8
Success / Fail
6 / 2

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.

Payloads it launched · 23

GGSE 5
LEO
SURCAL 159
LEO
OPS 5712 (P/L 153)
LEO
TIMATION 1
LEO
SURCAL 150B
LEO
OPS 5712 (P/L 160)
LEO
GGSE 4
LEO
OPS 5712 (P/L 152)
LEO
SECOR 3
LEO
SOLRAD 7B
LEO
OPS 4988 (GREB 6)
LEO
OSCAR 3 (OSCAR III)
LEO
GGSE 3
LEO
GGSE 2
LEO
SURCAL 2
LEO
PORCUPINE 1
LEO
OPS 4467 B
LEO
OPS 4467 A
LEO
OPS 3367 B
LEO
OPS 3367 A
LEO
THOR AGENA D
LEO
THOR AGENA D
LEO
0.1 SQ METER TARGET
LEO