USAF Thor SLV-2 Agena D DSAP-1 F6 & F7

Name: USAF Thor SLV-2 Agena D DSAP-1 F6 & F7
Start: 1964-01-19T10:59:54.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 2W

Thor SLV-2 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

19 JAN 1964

10:59

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.

Rocket

Thor SLV-2 Agena D

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

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

27.2 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

56 T

Thrust

756 kN