Thor Agena D

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

June 28, 1962

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
    2
  • Length
    31.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Launch Mass
    56.0 T
  • Thrust
    667.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Thor Agena D
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    Agena D
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Thor Agena D
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $22170000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    ―
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial
None
MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on 13 previous launch(es).

Thor Agena D | KH-4 23

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | Poppy 4A & 4B

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-5 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 20

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 18

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 17

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | Poppy 3A & 3B

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 16

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | Star-Rad

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Star-Rad (Starfish Radiation) was a military scientific payload to study the artificial radiation belts created by the Starfish-Prime nuclear test.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 13 & RM 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 13 carried the RM 4 radiometer payload (identical to RM 3) for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 11 & RM 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 11 also carried the RM 3 radiometer payload for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 10

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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