The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor rocket family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 750 kN
- Height
- 23 m
- Diameter
- 2.44 m
- Launch mass
- 50 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Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.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
8
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
8 of 8
Current success streak
8
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 Burner 2A | DMSP-5C F3 — Success
- Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5C F2 — Success
- Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5C F1 — Success
- Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F5 — Success
- Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F4 — Success