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Thor DSV-2U

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

Sept. 11, 1976

Description

The Thor DSV-2U or Thor LV-2F Star-37XE Star-37S-ISS was an American expendable launch system used to launch five DMSP weather satellites between 1976 and 1980.

Specifications

Stages
1
Length
23.0 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
49.0 T
Thrust
750.0 kN

Family

Name
Thor DSV-2U
Family
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Variant
DSV-2U
Alias
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Full Name
Thor DSV-2U

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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McDonnell Douglas

Commercial

None

MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on five previous launch(es).

Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 15, 1980, 2:22 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 6, 1979, 6:22 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 1, 1978, 3:05 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 5, 1977, 2:59 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 11, 1976, 8 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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