USAF Thor Agena D Star-Rad

Name: USAF Thor Agena D Star-Rad
Start: 1962-10-26T16:14:39.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 2W

Thor Agena D

Status

Success

Date

26 OCT 1962

16:14

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Star-Rad (Starfish Radiation) was a military scientific payload to study the artificial radiation belts created by the Starfish-Prime nuclear test.

Rocket

Thor Agena D

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Elliptical 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