Thor-Agena D Launch Vehicle
Thor-Agena D paired an unaugmented short-tank Thor first stage with the standardized, restartable Agena D upper stage. It supported reconnaissance, signals-intelligence, geodesy, and scientific missions from 1962 through 1967 before the thrust-augmented and long-tank Thorad configurations assumed the heavier workload.
Identity
- Aliases
- Thor Agena DThor/Agena DThor SLV-2 Agena D
- Family Name
- Thor-Agena D
- Full Name
- Thor-Agena D Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- thor-agena-d-launch-vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Thor-Agena D paired an unaugmented short-tank Thor first stage with the standardized, restartable Agena D upper stage. It supported reconnaissance, signals-intelligence, geodesy, and scientific missions from 1962 through 1967 before the thrust-augmented and long-tank Thorad configurations assumed the heavier workload.
- Diameter M
- 2.4
- First Flight Year
- 1,962
- Last Flight Year
- 1,967
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Stages Count
- 2
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 03:41:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 03:41:58 UTC