USAF Thor DM-21 Agena-B Alouette 1

Name: USAF Thor DM-21 Agena-B Alouette 1
Start: 1962-09-29T06:05:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 2E

Thor DM-21 Agena-B

Status

Success

Date

29 SEP 1962

06:05

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with an ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle detector, and a cosmic noise experiment.

Rocket

Thor DM-21 Agena-B

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles.