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Thor Agena A

Thor family · McDonnell Douglas · Retired

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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.

Specifications

Thrust
667 kN
Height
28 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Launch mass
53 t
Stages
2
Launch cost
$10.7M
LEO capacity
250 kg
GTO capacity
GEO capacity
SSO capacity

Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.

Flight record

Flights
15
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
60%
9 of 15
Current success streak
3
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