USAF Thor SLV-2A Agena D Pageos

Name: USAF Thor SLV-2A Agena D Pageos
Start: 1966-06-24T00:12:02.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 2E

Thor SLV-2A Agena D

Status

Success

Date

24 JUN 1966

00:12

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

The PAGEOS (Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a 30.48 m inflatable sphere, and had no instrumentation on board.

Rocket

Thor SLV-2A Agena D

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Polar 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

67 T

Thrust

1,571 kN