USAF Thorad SLV-2G Agena D Nimbus 3

Name: USAF Thorad SLV-2G Agena D Nimbus 3
Start: 1969-04-14T07:54:03.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 2E

Thorad SLV-2G Agena D

Status

Success

Date

14 APR 1969

07:54

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Identical payload to the Nimbus-B meteorological R&D satellite which was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system less than a year before. It was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced systems for sensing and collecting meteorological data. It was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system.

Rocket

Thorad SLV-2G Agena D

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous 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

32.9 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

91 T

Thrust

1,444 kN