USAF Thor DSV-2U DMSP-5D1 F5

Name: USAF Thor DSV-2U DMSP-5D1 F5
Start: 1980-07-15T02:22:11.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 10W

Thor DSV-2U

Status

Failure

Date

15 JUL 1980

02:22

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 10W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Military meteorological satellite

Rocket

Thor DSV-2U

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Thor DSV-2U or Thor LV-2F Star-37XE Star-37S-ISS was an American expendable launch system used to launch five DMSP weather satellites between 1976 and 1980.

Height

23 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

49 T

Thrust

750 kN