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Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.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
- Thor Agena A | Discoverer 15 — Success
- Thor Agena A | Discoverer 14 — Success
- Thor Agena A | Discoverer 13 — Success
- Thor Agena A | Discoverer 12 — Failure
- Thor Agena A | Discoverer 11 — Success