American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 668 kN
- Height
- 27.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.44 m
- Launch mass
- 52 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
1 of 1
Current success streak
1
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Thor Able III | Explorer 6 — Success