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Thor-Able-Star

Statusretired
CountryUnited States
ManufacturerDouglas
Number of launches19
First launch1960-04-13
Last launch1965-08-13


Launches by year:


Latest launches:

Launch dateLaunch siteRocket / VariantPayloadStatus
1965-08-13VandenbergThor-Able-Star Thor DSV-2A Ablestar IITransit-O 5 (NNS 30050) / Dodecapole 2 / Long Rod / Tempsat 1 / Surcal 5 / Calsphere 2success
1965-06-24VandenbergThor-Able-Star Thor DSV-2A Ablestar IITransit-O 4 (NNS 30040)success
1965-03-11VandenbergThor-Able-Star Thor DSV-2A Ablestar IITransit-O 3 (NNS 30030) / SECOR 2 (EGRS 2)pfailure
1964-12-13VandenbergThor-Able-Star Thor DSV-2A Ablestar IITransit-O 2 (NNS 30020) / Transit 5E-5 success
1964-10-06VandenbergThor-Able-Star Thor DSV-2A Ablestar IITransit-O 1 (NNS 30010) / Dragsphere 1 / Dragsphere 2 success
1964-04-21VandenbergThor-Able-Star Thor DSV-2A Ablestar IITransit 5BN-3 / Transit 5E-2failure
1963-12-05VandenbergThor-Able-Star Thor DSV-2A Ablestar IITransit 5BN-2 / Transit 5E-3success
1963-09-28VandenbergThor-Able-Star Thor DSV-2A Ablestar IITransit 5BN-1 / Transit 5E-1success
1962-10-31Cape CanaveralThor-Able-Star Thor DM-21A AblestarANNA 1Bsuccess
1962-05-10Cape CanaveralThor-Able-Star Thor DM-21A AblestarANNA 1A failure