Alouette 2
Thor SLV-2 Agena B
United States Air Force
Mission
Alouette 2
Type: Earth Science
Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with a sweep-frequency ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle experiment, a cosmic noise experiment, and an electrostatic probe.
Location
Space Launch Complex 2E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
707 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Rocket
Thor SLV-2 Agena B – McDonnell Douglas
Family: Thor
Length: 27.2 m
Diameter: 2.44 m
Launch Mass: 56 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 400 kg
The Thor SLV-2 Agena B was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas with the first launch on 1964-01-25. Thor SLV-2 Agena B has 3 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 3 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
Type: Government
Abbreviation: USAF
Country: USA
