American orbital launch vehicle. Single stage vehicle.
Status: Retired 1962. First Launch: 1962年01月15日. Last Launch: 1962年07月18日. Number: 2 . Thrust: 743.00 kN (167,033 lbf). Gross mass: 50,000 kg (110,000 lb). Height: 21.70 m (71.10 ft). Diameter: 2.44 m (8.00 ft). Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi).
Family:
orbital launch vehicle.
Country:
USA.
Spacecraft:
Program 437,
Program 922.
Launch Sites:
Cape Canaveral,
Cape Canaveral LC17A.
Stages:
Thor DM-21.
Agency:
Douglas.
1962 January 15 - .
11:07 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC17A.
LV Family:
Thor.
Launch Vehicle:
Thor DSV-2D.
- AVT-1 Satellite test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
1962 Feb - .
LV Family:
Thor.
Launch Vehicle:
Thor DSV-2D.
- Standard Thor to use three strap-on, solid-propellant motors. - .
Space Systems Division asked the Douglas Aircraft Company to define the performance and design of a Standard Thor (DSV-2C) using three strap-on, solid-propellant motors..
1962 July 18 - .
09:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC17A.
LV Family:
Thor.
Launch Vehicle:
Thor DSV-2D.
- AVT 2 Satellite test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Apogee: 1,484 km (922 mi).