USAF Thor SLV-2 Agena D MRPV

Name: USAF Thor SLV-2 Agena D MRPV
Start: 1965-09-02T20:00:16.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 1E

Thor SLV-2 Agena D

Status

Failure

Date

2 SEP 1965

20:00

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 1E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

MRPV (Multi Research Payload Vehicle) was a satellite which carried 21 experiments for the USAF.

Rocket

Thor SLV-2 Agena D

Mission Type

Earth Science

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

27.2 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

56 T

Thrust

756 kN