LAUNCH MISSION

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

Status

Failure

DATE

2 SEP 1965

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 1E

Description

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

Thor SLV-2 Agena D

Rocket Description

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.

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