USAF Thor Agena D KH-5 8

Name: USAF Thor Agena D KH-5 8
Start: 1963-04-26T20:12:57.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 2E

Thor Agena D

Status

Failure

Date

26 APR 1963

20:12

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

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

Rocket

Thor Agena D

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

31 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

56 T

Thrust

667 kN