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
- 756 kN
- Height
- 27.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.44 m
- Launch mass
- 56 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- $19.56M
- LEO capacity
- 400 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
3
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
3 of 3
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 SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2 — Success
- Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Nimbus 1 — Success
- Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Echo 2 — Success