Star-Rad
Thor Agena D
United States Air Force
Launch Status
SuccessMission
Star-Rad
Type: Government/Top Secret
Star-Rad (Starfish Radiation) was a military scientific payload to study the artificial radiation belts created by the Starfish-Prime nuclear test.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
714 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Rocket
Thor Agena D – McDonnell Douglas
- Family: Thor
- Length: 31 m
- Diameter: 2.44 m
- Launch Mass: 56 T
The Thor Agena D was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas with the first launch on 1962-06-28. Thor Agena D has 11 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 13 launches. 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.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
