MISSION NAME
Quill 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
21 DEC 1964
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 2E
Description
This Quill mission was the first radar reconnaissance sat developed by the NRO in the P-40 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) proof-of-concept program.
Thor SLV-2A 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.