Thor Burner 1

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

May 20, 1965

Description

The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor rocket family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    23.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Launch Mass
    50.0 T
  • Thrust
    668.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Thor Burner 1
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    Burner 1
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Thor Burner 1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    ―
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial
None
MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on four previous launch(es).

Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 31, 1966, 5:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 7, 1966, 4:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 10, 1965, 4:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor Burner 1 | OPS 8386

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 1965, 4:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The single DSAP-3 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 3) was a modified DSAP-2 satellite to provide experimental tactical access to weather data.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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