Thor family
Thor Agena D
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.
Flights flown13
Success rate84.6%11/13
Maiden flight1962-06-28
Peak year19628 flights
Thor Agena D is built by McDonnell Douglas of the United States. It first flew on 28 June 1962 and last flew on 19 July 1963.
Flight record
84.6% success rate11 of 13 flown · 2 failed
1962peak 1962 · 8 flights1963
First flight1962-06-28
Latest flight1963-07-19
Failures2
Consecutive successes1
Fastest turnaround1d 17h
Payload
| Launch cost | $22.2M |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 2 |
|---|---|
| Length | 31m |
| Diameter | 2.44m |
| Launch mass | 56t |
| Liftoff thrust | 667kN |
| Maiden flight | 1962-06-28 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Low Earth Orbit12Elliptical Orbit1
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963-07-19 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 23 | Space Launch Complex 2E | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-06-15 | Thor Agena D | Poppy 4A & 4B | Space Launch Complex 2E | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1963-04-26 | Thor Agena D | KH-5 8 | Space Launch Complex 2E | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1963-04-01 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 20 | Space Launch Complex 1E | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-01-07 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 18 | Space Launch Complex 2E | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-12-14 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 17 | Space Launch Complex 1E | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-12-13 | Thor Agena D | Poppy 3A & 3B | Space Launch Complex 2E | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-12-04 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 16 | Space Launch Complex 2W | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-10-26 | Thor Agena D | Star-Rad | Space Launch Complex 2W | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1962-09-29 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 13 & RM 4 | Space Launch Complex 2W | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-08-29 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 11 & RM 3 | Space Launch Complex 2W | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-08-02 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 10 | Space Launch Complex 2E | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-06-28 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 7 | Space Launch Complex 2E | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
Further reading: Wikipedia