Courier 1B
Thor DM-21 Ablestar
United States Air Force
Mission
Courier 1B
Type: Communications
An active repeater communications satellite. The vehicle succesfully launched and successfully operated for a few weeks proving the experimental system.
Location
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
864 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Thor DM-21 Ablestar – United States Air Force
Family: Thor-Ablestar
Length: 29 m
Diameter: 1.44 m
Launch Mass: 51 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 150 kg
The Thor DM-21 Ablestar was manufactured by United States Air Force with the first launch on 1960-04-13. Thor DM-21 Ablestar has 13 successful launches and 6 failed launches with a total of 19 launches. The Thor-Ablestar, or Thor Able-Star, also known as Thor-Epsilon was an early American expendable launch system consisting of a PGM-17 Thor missile, with an Ablestar upper stage. It was a member of the Thor family of rockets, and was derived from the Thor-Able.
Agency
United States Air Force
Type: Government
Abbreviation: USAF
Country: USA
