List of Thor-Ablestar launches
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Rocket | S/N Serial number A serial number is a unique number assigned for identification which varies from its successor or predecessor by a fixed discrete integer value... |
Launch Site | Payload | Function | Orbit | Outcome | Remarks |
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1960 |
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| 1960-01-14 16:35 |
Thor DM-18C PGM-17 Thor Thor was the first operational ballistic missile of the U.S. Air Force . Named after the Norse god of thunder, it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate range ballistic missile with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was in height and in diameter. It was... |
Thor 256 | CCAFS LC-18B | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | Maiden flight of Thor DM-18C | |
| 1960-01-21 20:10 |
Thor DM-18A PGM-17 Thor Thor was the first operational ballistic missile of the U.S. Air Force . Named after the Norse god of thunder, it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate range ballistic missile with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was in height and in diameter. It was... |
Thor 215 | VAFB LC-75-1-2 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1960-02-04 18:51:45 |
Thor DM-18 Agena-A Thor-Agena 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. The first attempted launch of a Thor-Agena was in January 1959... |
Thor 218 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 9 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1960-02-09 17:11 |
Thor DM-18C | Thor 259 | CCAFS LC-18B | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1960-02-19 20:15:14 |
Thor DM-18 Agena-A | Thor 223 Agena 1054 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 10 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1960-02-29 | Thor DM-18C | Thor 263 | CCAFS LC-18B | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1960-03-02 20:06 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 272 | VAFB LC-75-2-8 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1960-03-11 13:00 |
Thor DM-18 Able-IV | Thor 219 | CCAFS LC-17A | Pioneer 5 Pioneer 5 Pioneer 5 was a spin-stabilized space probe in the NASA Pioneer program used to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of Earth and Venus. It was launched on March 11, 1960 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17a at 13:00:00 UTC with an on-orbit dry mass of 43 kg... |
Scientific | Heliocentric | Success | Only flight of Thor-Able IV |
| 1960-04-01 11:40:09 |
Thor DM-18 Able-II | Thor 148 | CCAFS LC-17A | TIROS-1 TIROS-1 TIROS I was the first successful weather satellite, and the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites... |
Weather | SSO | Success | Final flight of Thor-Able |
| 1960-04-13 12:02:36 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 257 Ablestar 002 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Transit 1B | Navigation | LEO | Success | |
| 1960-04-15 20:30:37 |
Thor DM-18 Agena-A | Thor 234 Agena 1055 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 11 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1960-05-13 09:16:05 |
Thor DM-19 Delta Thor-Delta The Thor-Delta, also known as Delta DM-19 or just Delta was an early American expendable launch system used for 12 orbital launches in the early 1960s. A derivative of the Thor-Able, it was a member of the Thor family of rockets, and the first member of the Delta family.The first stage was a Thor... |
Thor 144 Delta 1 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Echo 1 | Communication | MEO | Failure | Maiden flight of Thor-Delta, upper stage attitude control system malfunctioned |
| 1960-06-22 05:54 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 281 Ablestar 003 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Transit 2A Transit (satellite) The TRANSIT system, also known as NAVSAT , was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was primarily used by the U.S... GRAB-1 Galactic Radiation and Background Galactic Radiation and Background was the covername for Project Dyno ELINT intelligence satellites operated by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory shortly after the Cold War U-2 incident of 1960... (Solrad 1) |
Navigation ELINT |
LEO | Success | |
| 1960-06-22 23:26 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 233 | VAFB LC-75-2-7 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1960-06-29 22:00:44 |
Thor DM-18 Agena-A | Thor 160 Agena 1053 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 12 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1960-08-10 20:37:54 |
Thor DM-18 Agena-A | Thor 231 Agena 1057 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 13 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1960-08-12 09:39:43 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 270 Delta 2 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Echo 1A | Communications | MEO | Success | |
| 1960-08-18 19:57:08 |
Thor DM-18 Agena-A | Thor 237 Agena 1056 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 14 Discoverer 14 Discoverer 14 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by DARPA and the United States Air Force. On 19 August 1960, usable photographic film images taken by the satellite were recovered by a C-119 recovery aircraft... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1960-08-18 19:58 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 262 Ablestar 004 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Courier 1A | Communications | LEO | Failure | Exploded 150 seconds into ascent |
| 1960-09-13 22:14 |
Thor DM-18 Agena-A | Thor 246 Agena 1058 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 15 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1960-10-04 17:50 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 293 Ablestar 005 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Courier 1B Courier 1B Courier 1B was the world's first active repeater satellite after launch on 4 October 1960. Courier was built by the Palo Alto, California–based Western Development Labs division of Philco, previously known as Army Fort Monmouth Laboratories and now the Space Systems/Loral division of Loral Space &... |
Communications | LEO | Success | |
| 1960-10-11 21:53 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 186 | VAFB LC-75-2-8 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1960-10-26 20:26 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B Thor-Agena 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. The first attempted launch of a Thor-Agena was in January 1959... |
Thor 253 Agena 1061 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 16 Discoverer 16 Discoverer 16, also known as Corona 9011, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1960. It was the first KH-2 Corona' satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | Maiden flight of Thor-Agena B |
| 1960-11-12 20:43 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 297 Agena 1062 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 17 Discoverer 17 Discoverer 17, also known as Corona 9012, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1960. It was a KH-2 Corona' satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1960-11-23 11:13:03 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 245 Delta 3 |
CCAFS LC-17A | TIROS-2 TIROS-2 TIROS 2 was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the second in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellite. TIROS 2 was launched on 11 November 1960 at 6:13 a.m., by a Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft functioned nominally until 22 January 1961... |
Weather | SSO | Success | |
| 1960-11-30 19:50 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 283 Ablestar 006 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Transit 3A GRAB-2 (Solrad-2) |
Navigation ELINT |
LEO | Failure | Apparently, falling debris hit and killed a cow in Cuba.http://www.eclipsetours.com/sat/debris.html |
| 1960-12-07 20:20:58 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 296 Agena 1103 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 18 Discoverer 18 Discoverer 18, also known as Corona 9013, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1960. It was a KH-2 Corona satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1960-12-13 20:08 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 267 | VAFB LC-75-2-8 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1960-12-20 20:32 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 258 Agena 1101 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 19 Discoverer 19 Discoverer 19, also known as RM-1, was an American satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a technology demonstration spacecraft, based around an Agena-B.... |
Technology | LEO | Success | |
1961 |
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| 1961-02-17 20:25 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 298 | VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 20 Discoverer 20 Discoverer 20, also known as Corona 9014A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-5 Argon satellite, based around an Agena-B... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-02-18 22:58 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 261 Agena 1102 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 21 Discoverer 21 Discoverer 21, also known as RM-2, was an American satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a technology demonstration spacecraft, based around an Agena-B.... |
Technology | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-02-22 03:45 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 313 Ablestar 007 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Transit 3B Transit 3B Transit 3B was an American satellite which was launched in 1961 and operated by the United States Navy. It was a replacement for Transit 3A, which was lost in a launch failure the previous year... Lofti 1 |
Navigation Technology |
LEO | Success | |
| 1961-03-25 15:17:04 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 295 Delta 4 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Explorer 10 Explorer 10 Explorer 10 was an American Earth-orbital satellite that investigated Earth's magnetic fields and nearby plasma... |
Magnetospheric | HEO | Success | |
| 1961-03-30 05:13:43 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 243 | VAFB LC-75-2-7 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1961-03-30 20:34:43 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 300 Agena 1105 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 22 Discoverer 22 Discoverer 22, also known as Corona 9015, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. It was a KH-2 Corona' satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1961-04-08 19:21 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 307 Agena 1106 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 23 Discoverer 23 Discoverer 23, also known as Corona 9016A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-5 Argon satellite, based around an Agena-B. It was the second KH-5 mission to be launched, and the second to end in failure.The launch of Discoverer 23... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-06-08 21:16 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 302 Agena 1108 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 24 Discoverer 24 Discoverer 24, also known as Corona 9018A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961 but failed to achieve orbit. It was a KH-5 Argon satellite, based around an Agena-B. It was the third KH-5 to be launched.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1961-06-16 23:02 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 303 Agena 1107 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Discoverer 25 Discoverer 25 Discoverer 25, also known as Corona 9017, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-2 Corona' satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-06-20 23:54 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 276 | VAFB LC-75-2-7 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1961-06-29 04:22 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 315 Ablestar 008 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Transit 4A Injun 1 GRAB-3 (Solrad 3) |
Navigation Ionospheric ELINT |
LEO | Success | |
| 1961-07-07 23:29:48 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 308 Agena 1109 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 26 Discoverer 26 Discoverer 26, also known as Corona 9019, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-2 Corona' satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-07-12 10:25:06 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 286 Delta 5 |
CCAFS LC-17A | TIROS-3 | Weather | SSO | Success | |
| 1961-07-21 22:35 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 322 Agena 1110 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 27 Discoverer 27 Discoverer 27, also known as Corona 9020A, was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961, but failed to achieve orbit. It was a KH-5 Argon satellite, based around an Agena-B... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | Destroyed by RSO |
| 1961-08-04 00:01 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 309 Agena 1111 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Discoverer 28 Discoverer 28 Discoverer 28, also known as Corona 9021, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. It was the last KH-2 Corona' satellite, which was based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | Second stage control system malfunctioned |
| 1961-08-16 03:21:05 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 312 Delta 6 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Explorer 12 | Magnetospheric | HEO | Success | |
| 1961-08-30 20:00 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 323 Agena 1112 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 29 Discoverer 29 Discoverer 29, also known as Corona 9023, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was the first KH-3 Corona satellite, which was based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-09-06 22:30 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 165 | VAFB LE-7 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1961-09-12 19:59 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 310 Agena 1113 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 30 Discoverer 30 Discoverer 30, also known as Corona 9022, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-3 Corona satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-09-17 21:00 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 324 Agena 1114 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Discoverer 31 Discoverer 31 Discoverer 31, also known as Corona 9024, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-3 Corona satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-10-13 19:22 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 328 Agena 1115 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 32 Discoverer 32 Discoverer 32, also known as Corona 9025, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-3 Corona satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | 100th Thor launch |
| 1961-10-23 19:23 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 329 Agena 1116 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 33 Discoverer 33 Discoverer 33, also known as Corona 9026, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. It was a KH-3 Corona satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1961-11-05 20:00 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 330 Agena 1117 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Discoverer 34 Discoverer 34 Discoverer 34, also known as Corona 9027, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-3 Corona satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | Erroneous launch trajectory |
| 1961-11-15 21:23 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 326 Agena 1118 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 35 Discoverer 35 Discoverer 35, also known as Corona 9028, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-3 Corona satellite, based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1961-11-15 22:26 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 305 Ablestar 009 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Transit 4B TRAAC |
Navigation | LEO | Success | Transit Research and Attitude Control |
| 1961-12-06 01:30 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 214 | VAFB LE-8 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1961-12-12 20:40 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 325 Agena 1119 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 36 Discoverer 36 Discoverer 36, also known as Corona 9029, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was a KH-3 Corona satellite, based around an Agena-B. It was the penultimate KH-3 satellite to be launched, the last successful mission, and the most successful of the... Oscar 1 |
Reconnaissance Amateur radio |
LEO | Success | |
1962 |
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| 1962-01-13 21:41 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 327 Agena 1120 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 37 Discoverer 37 Discoverer 37, also known as Corona 9030, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1962. It was the last KH-3 Corona satellite, which was based around an Agena-B.... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1962-01-15 11:07:01 |
Thor DSV-2D | Thor 337 | CCAFS LC-17A | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1962-01-24 09:30 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 311 Ablestar 010 |
CCAFS LC-17B | LOFTI-2A SECOR SECOR SECOR spacecraft are satellites used by the United States armed forces for geodesy measurements that precisely determined the locations of points on the Earth's surface. Experiments with these spacecraft led to the Timation and GPS Navstar systems. SECOR 1 was launched on 11 January 1964 and SECOR... GRAB-4 (Solrad 4) Injun 2 SURCAL 1 |
Technology Geodesy ELINT Ionospheric Calibration |
LEO | Failure | |
| 1962-02-08 12:43:45 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 317 Delta 7 |
CCAFS LC-17A | TIROS-4 | Weather | SSO | Success | |
| 1962-02-21 18:44 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 332 Agena 2301 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | FTV 2301 | ELINT | LEO | Partial failure | Upper stage failed to restart for circularisation burn |
| 1962-02-27 19:39 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 241 Agena 1123 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | Discoverer 38 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-03-07 16:06:18 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 301 Delta 8 |
CCAFS LC-17A | OSO-1 | Solar | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-03-19 23:28 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 229 | VAFB LE-7 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1962-04-18 00:54 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 331 Agena 1124 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Discoverer 39 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-04-26 18:00:16 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 320 Delta 9 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Ariel 1 Ariel 1 Ariel 1, also known as UK-1 and S-55, was the first British satellite, and the first satellite in the Ariel programme. Its launch in 1962 made the United Kingdom the third country to operate a satellite, after the Soviet Union and the USA... |
Ionospheric | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-04-29 00:30:12 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 333 Agena 1125 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | FTV 1125 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-05-02 23:44:53 |
Thor DSV-2E | Thor 177 | Johnston LE-1 | TIGERFISH Tigerfish Tigerfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually on account of their colouration or otherwise fearsome appearance and teeth.- Alestiidae :... |
Nuclear test | Suborbital | Success | |
| 1962-05-10 12:06 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 314 Ablestar 011 |
CCAFS LC-17B | ANNA 1A | Geodesy | LEO | Failure | Second stage failed to ignite |
| 1962-05-15 19:36 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 334 Agena 1126 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | FTV 1126 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-05-30 01:00:04 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 336 Agena 1128 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | FTV 1128 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-06-02 00:31 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 335 Agena 1127 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | FTV 1127 Oscar 2 |
Reconnaissance Amateur radio |
LEO | Success | |
| 1962-06-04 09:44:17 |
Thor DSV-2E | Thor 199 | Johnston LE-1 | BLUEGILL Bluegill The Bluegill is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as bream, brim, or copper nose. It is a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae of the order Perciformes.-Range and distribution:... |
Nuclear test | Suborbital | Success | |
| 1962-06-18 20:20 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 343 Agena 2312 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | FTV 2312 | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-06-19 00:30 |
Thor DM-18A | Thor 269 | VAFB LE-8 | Missile test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1962-06-19 12:19:01 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 321 Delta 10 |
CCAFS LC-17A | TIROS-5 | Weather | SSO | Success | |
| 1962-06-20 08:46:16 |
Thor DSV-2E | Thor 193 | Johnston LE-1 | STARFISH | Nuclear test | Suborbital | Failure | |
| 1962-06-23 00:30 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 339 Agena 1129 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | FTV 1129 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-06-28 01:09 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 340 Agena 1151 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | FTV 1151 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-07-09 08:46:28 |
Thor DSV-2E | Thor 195 | Johnston LE-1 | STARFISH PRIME Starfish Prime Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States of America on July 9, 1962, a joint effort of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Atomic Support Agency .... |
Nuclear test | Suborbital | Success | |
| 1962-07-10 08:35:05 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 316 Delta 11 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Telstar 1 | Communication | MEO | Success | |
| 1962-07-18 09:30:12 |
Thor DSV-2D | Thor 338 | CCAFS LC-17A | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1962-07-21 00:56 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 342 Agena 1130 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | FTV 1130 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-07-26 09:13:53 |
Thor DSV-2E | Thor 180 | Johnston LE-1 | BLUEGILL PRIME | Nuclear test | Suborbital | Failure | Exploded at launch |
| 1962-07-28 00:30 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 347 Agena 1131 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | FTV 1131 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-08-02 00:17 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 344 Agena 1152 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | FTV 1152 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-08-29 01:00 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 349 Agena 1153 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | FTV 1153 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-09-01 20:39 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 348 Agena 1132 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | FTV 1132 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-09-17 23:46 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 350 Agena 1133 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | FTV 1133 ERS-2 |
Reconnaissance Technology |
LEO | Success | |
| 1962-09-18 08:53:08 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Thor 318 Delta 12 |
CCAFS LC-17A | TIROS-6 | Weather | SSO | Success | Final flight of Thor-Delta |
| 1962-09-29 06:05 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 341 TA-1 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 |  Alouette 1Alouette 1 Alouette 1 was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the USSR or the United States. Occasionally, Alouette 1 is misrepresented as the third satellite successfully put in orbit, rather than being from the third country to have one of its own in space,... TAVE |
Ionospheric Technology |
LEO | Success | |
| 1962-09-29 23:34:50 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 351 Agena 1154 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | FTV 1154 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-10-02 22:11:30 |
Delta A Delta A The Delta A, or Thor-Delta A was an American expendable launch system used to launch two Explorer spacecraft in October 1962. A derivative of the Thor-Delta, it was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 345 Delta 13 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Explorer 14 Explorer 14 Explorer 14 is a spin-stabilized, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented to measure cosmic-ray particles, trapped particles, solar wind protons, and magnetospheric and interplanetary magnetic fields. A 16-channel PFM/PM time-division multiplexed telemeter was used. The time required to sample... |
Magnetospheric | HEO | Success | Maiden flight of Delta A |
| 1962-10-09 18:35 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 352 Agena 1134 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | FTV 1134 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-10-16 09:14:38 |
Thor DSV-2E | Thor 156 | Johnston LE-2 | BLUEGILL DOUBLE PRIME | Nuclear test | Suborbital | Failure | |
| 1962-10-26 09:44:05 |
Thor DSV-2E | Thor 141 | Johnston LE-1 | BLUEGILL TRIPLE PRIME | Nuclear test | Suborbital | Success | |
| 1962-10-26 16:14 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 353 Agena 1401 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | STARAD | Radiation | MEO | Success | |
| 1962-10-27 23:15:01 |
Delta A | Thor 346 Delta 14 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Explorer 15 | Radiation | MEO | Success | Final flight of Delta A |
| 1962-10-31 08:08 |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Thor 319 Ablestar 012 |
CCAFS LC-17A | ANNA 1B | Geodesy | LEO | Success | Final flight of Thor DM-21 Ablestar |
| 1962-11-01 11:54:48 |
Thor DSV-2E | Thor 226 | Johnston LE-2 | KINGFISH Kingfish -Fish:* King mackerel Scomberomorus cavalla* Kingcroaker Menticirrhus spp.* Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson * White croaker Genyonemus lineatus * Cobia Rachycentron canadum... |
Nuclear test | Suborbital | Success | |
| 1962-11-05 22:04 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 356 Agena 1136 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | FTV 1136 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-11-24 22:01 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 367 Agena 1135 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | FTV 1135 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-12-04 21:30 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 361 Agena 1155 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | FTV 1155 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1962-12-13 04:07 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 365 | VAFB LC-75-1-1 | NRL PL120 Injun 3 NRL PL121 SURCAL 2 Calsphere 1 |
ELINT Ionospheric Calibration |
MEO | Success | |
| 1962-12-13 23:30:01 |
Delta B Delta B The Delta B, or Thor-Delta B was an American expendable launch system used for nine orbital launches between 1962 and 1964. A derivative of the Thor-Delta, it was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 355 Delta 15 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Relay 1 | Communications | MEO | Success | Maiden flight of Delta B |
| 1962-12-14 21:26:07 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 368 Agena 1156 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | FTV 1156 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
1963 |
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| 1963-01-07 21:09:49 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 369 Agena 1157 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 0048 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-01-16 21:59 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 363 Agena 2313 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 0180 | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-02-14 05:35:08 |
Delta B | Thor 358 Delta 16 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Syncom 1 | Communications | GTO | Success | |
| 1963-02-28 21:48 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D Thor-Agena 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. The first attempted launch of a Thor-Agena was in January 1959... |
Thor 354 Agena 1159 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 0583 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | Maiden flight of Thrust-Augmented Thor Agena |
| 1963-03-18 21:13 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 360 Agena 1164 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 0627 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1963-04-01 23:01 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 376 Agena 1160 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 0720 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-04-03 02:00:02 |
Delta B | Thor 357 Delta 17 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Explorer 17 Explorer 17 Explorer 17 was a United States satellite, launched at Cape Canaveral from LC-17B on a Delta-B booster, on April 3, 1963, to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. It was the first satellite of five Atmosphere Explorers.- Technical specifications :Explorer 17 was a spin-stabilized sphere 0.95 m in... |
Atmospheric | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-04-26 20:13 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 372 Agena 1411 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 1008 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | Attitude sensor alignment error |
| 1963-05-07 11:38:03 |
Delta B | Thor 366 Delta 18 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Telstar 2 | Communications | MEO | Success | |
| 1963-05-18 22:21 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 364 Agena 1165 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 0924 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-06-12 23:58 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 362 Agena 1161 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 0954 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-06-15 14:29 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 378 Agena 2353 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | FTV 1292 Solrad 6A LOFTI 2B Surcal 3 Radose 112 |
ELINT Radiation Ionospheric Calibration |
LEO | Success | |
| 1963-06-19 09:50:01 |
Delta B | Thor 359 Delta 19 |
CCAFS LC-17B | TIROS-7 | Weather | SSO | Success | |
| 1963-06-27 00:37 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 381 Agena 1166 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 0999 Hitchhiker 1 |
Reconnaissance ELINT |
LEO | Success | |
| 1963-06-29 22:30 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-B | Thor 380 Agena 2314 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 1440 | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-07-19 00:00:10 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 388 Agena 1412 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 1266 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-07-26 14:33:00 |
Delta B | Thor 370 Delta 20 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Syncom 2 | Communications | GTO | Success | |
| 1963-07-31 00:00:17 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 382 Agena 1167 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 1370 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-08-25 00:30 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 377 Agena 1162 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 1419 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-08-29 20:31 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Thor 394 Agena 1169 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 1561 LAMPO |
Reconnaissance Target |
LEO | Success | |
| 1963-09-18 09:39 |
Thor DSV-2F | Thor 232 | CCAFS LC-17B | ASSET-1 | REV test | Suborbital | Success | Atmospheric flight |
| 1963-09-23 23:00 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 383 Agena 1163 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 1353 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-09-28 20:22 |
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | Thor 375 Ablestar 013 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Transit 5BN-1 Transit 5E-1 Transit 5E-1 Transit 5E-1, International Designator 1963-038C, , is an artificial satellite of the United States Department Of Defense and launched in September 28, 1963, aboard a Thor rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base.- Mission :... |
Navigation | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-10-29 21:19 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 386 Agena 1601 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 2437 Hitchhiker 2 |
Reconnaissance ELINT |
LEO | Success | |
| 1963-11-09 20:27:54 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Thor 400 Agena 1171 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 2268 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1963-11-27 02:30:01 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 387 Delta 21 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Explorer 18 | Magnetospheric | HEO | Success | Maiden flight of Delta C |
| 1963-11-27 21:15:40 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Thor 406 Agena 1172 |
Arguello Point Arguello Point Arguello is a headland used as a launch site by the United States Navy. Point Arguello was first used in 1959 for the launch of military and sounding rockets. It was transferred to the United States Air Force in 1964, at which time it became part of Vandenberg Air Force Base.There were 6... LC-1-1 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 Space Launch Complex 3 is a launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base that has been used by Atlas and Thor rockets. It was built in the early 1960s and consists of two pads, SLC-3E and SLC-3W . The East-West coastline at Vandenberg allows SLC-3 to launch over-ocean polar trajectories that avoid... |
OPS 2260 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | First Thor launch from Point Arguello |
| 1963-12-05 21:51 |
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | Thor 385 Ablestar 015 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Transit 5BN-2 Transit 5E-3 |
Navigation | LEO | Success | |
| 1963-12-21 09:30:00 |
Delta B | Thor 371 Delta 22 |
CCAFS LC-17B | TIROS-8 | Weather | SSO | Success | |
| 1963-12-21 21:45 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 398 Agena 1168 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 1388 Hitchhiker 3 |
Reconnaissance ELINT |
LEO | Success | |
1964 |
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| 1964-01-11 20:07 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 390 Agena 2354 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | NRL PL135 (Poppy Poppy (satellite) POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded ELINT data, targeting radar installations in the Soviet Union and Soviet naval ships at sea.... ) GGSE-1 Solrad 7A SECOR-1 |
ELINT Technology Raditation Geodesy |
LEO | Success | |
| 1964-01-19 10:59:54 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Thor 384 Agena 2302 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 3367A OPS 3367B |
Weather | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-01-21 21:14:59 |
Delta B | Thor 373 Delta 23 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Relay 2 | Communications | MEO | Success | |
| 1964-01-25 13:59:04 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | Thor 397 Agena 6301 TA-2 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 |   Echo 2Echo 2 The Echo 2 was a speech synthesizer card for the Apple 2 and Apple //c personal computers. The Echo 2 used the TMS5220 speech synthesis chip, which could accept either phonemes or raw LPC data, with resulting higher speech quality.- The Original Echo 2 :... |
Communications | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-02-14 07:47 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 299 | Johnston LE-1 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1964-02-15 21:38 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 389 Agena 1174 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 3444 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-02-28 03:20 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 402 Agena 2316 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 3722 | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-03-01 06:40 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 209 | Johnston LE-1 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1964-03-19 11:13:41 |
Delta B | Thor 391 Delta 24 |
CCAFS LC-17A | BE-A | Ionospheric | LEO | Failure | Third stage underperformed |
| 1964-03-24 12:15 |
Thor DSV-2G | Thor 240 | CCAFS LC-17B | ASSET-2 | REV test | Suborbital | Failure | Atmospheric flight, second stage fired intermittently, destroyed by range safety |
| 1964-03-24 22:22:48 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 396 Agena 1175 |
Arguello LC-1-1 | OPS 3467 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Failure | |
| 1964-04-21 06:15 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 290 | Johnston LE-2 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1964-04-21 18:50 |
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | Thor 379 Ablestar 014 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Transit 5BN-3 Transit 5E-4 |
Navigation | LEO | Failure | |
| 1964-04-27 23:23:43 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 395 Agena 1604 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 2921 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-05-28 07:32 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 227 | Johnston LE-2 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Failure | ||
| 1964-06-04 22:59 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 403 Agena 1176 |
Arguello LC-1-1 | OPS 3483 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-06-13 15:47 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 408 Agena 1606 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 3236 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-06-18 04:56:08 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Thor 407 Agena 2304 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 4467A OPS 4467B |
Weather | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-06-19 23:18 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 410 Agena 1609 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 3754 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-07-02 23:59:56 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 409 Agena 2315 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 3395 | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-07-10 23:15 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 404 Agena 1177 |
Arguello LC-1-1 | OPS 3491 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-07-22 15:39 |
Thor DSV-2G | Thor 250 | CCAFS LC-17B | ASSET-3 | REV test | Suborbital | Success | Atmospheric flight |
| 1964-08-05 23:15:35 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 413 Agena 1605 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 3042 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-08-19 12:15:02 |
Delta D | Thor 417 Delta 25 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Syncom 3 | Communications | GTO | Success | |
| 1964-08-21 15:45 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 412 Agena 1603 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 2739 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-08-28 07:56:57 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | Thor 399 Agena 6201 TA-3 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Nimbus 1 | Weather | LEO | Partial failure | Second stage cutoff early during second burn |
| 1964-09-14 22:53 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 405 Agena 1178 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 3497 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-10-04 03:45:00 |
Delta C | Thor 392 Delta 26 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Explorer 21 | Magnetospheric | HEO | Partial failure | Reached lower than planned orbit |
| 1964-10-05 21:50:14 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 421 Agena 1170 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 3333 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-10-06 17:04:21 |
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | Thor 423 Ablestar 016 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 5796 (Transit O-1) Dragsphere 1 Dragsphere 2 |
Navigation | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-10-17 22:02:23 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 418 Agena 1179 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 3559 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-10-29 03:35 |
Thor DSV-2F | Thor 260 | CCAFS LC-17B | ASSET-4 | REV test | Suborbital | Success | Atmospheric flight |
| 1964-11-02 21:30:20 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 420 Agena 1173 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 5434 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-11-04 02:12:11 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 430 Agena 2317 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 3062 | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-11-16 06:57 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 236 | Johnston LE-1 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1964-11-18 20:35:54 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 416 Agena 1180 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 3360 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-12-09 02:00 |
Thor DSV-2F | Thor 247 | CCAFS LC-17B | ASSET-5 | REV test | Suborbital | Success | Atmospheric flight |
| 1964-12-13 00:08:10 |
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | Thor 427 Ablestar 017 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 6582 (Transit O-2) Transit 5E-5 |
Navigation | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-12-19 21:10:16 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 424 Agena 1607 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 3358 | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1964-12-21 09:00:03 |
Delta C | Thor 393 Delta 27 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Explorer 26 | Magnetospheric | MEO | Success | |
| 1964-12-21 19:08:56 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 425 Agena 2355 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 3762 OPS 3762 OPS 3762, also known as FTV-2355, was an American reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964. It was the first radar imaging satellite to be launched, and the only Quill spacecraft to fly. Its mission was to demonstrate radar imaging techniques for future missions... (Quill Quill (satellite) Quill was an American reconnaissance satellite programme of the 1960s, which employed radar to produce images of the Earth's surface. Only one satellite, OPS 3762, was launched, before the programme was cancelled. Two more spacecraft; a second flight vehicle and an engineering model, were produced... ) |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
1965 |
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| 1965-01-15 21:00 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 414 Agena 1608 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 3928 (KH-4A #1016) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-01-19 05:03 |
Thor MG-18 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 224 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-3B-F1 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | planned: LEO / SSO | Partial Failure | Maiden flight of the Thor-Burner series. Satellite failed to separate from the upper stage, but the satellite was able to operate for 6 months. |
| 1965-01-22 07:55 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 374 Delta 28 |
CCAFS LC-17A | TIROS-9 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1965-02-03 16:33 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 411 Delta 29 |
CCAFS LC-17B | OSO-2 Orbiting Solar Observatory The Orbiting Solar Observatory Program was the name of a series of nine American science satellites primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments. Eight were launched successfully by NASA between 1962 and 1975 using Delta rockets... |
Solar observation satellite | LEO | Successful | |
| 1965-02-23 14:36 |
Thor DSV-2G | Thor 248 | CCAFS LC-17B | ASSET-6 | REV test | Suborbital | Success | Atmospheric flight |
| 1965-02-25 21:44 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 432 Agena 1611 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 4782 (KH-4A #1017) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-03-09 18:29 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 419 Agena 2701 |
VAFB SLC-2W | SECOR 3 / Dodecapole 1 / Poppy 4 Poppy (satellite) POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded ELINT data, targeting radar installations in the Soviet Union and Soviet naval ships at sea.... / Solrad 7B / GGSE 2 / GGSE 3 / Surcal 4 / Oscar 3 |
Geodesic research / Radar calibration / ELINT / ELINT / Technological test / Technological test / Technological test / Amateur radio satellite | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-03-11 13:39 |
Thor-Ablestar | Thor 440 Ablestar 018 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 7087 (Transit O-3) SECOR 2 |
Navigation Geodesy |
LEO | Success | |
| 1965-03-18 04:43 |
Thor MG-18 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 306 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-3B-F2 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1965-03-25 21:11 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 432 Agena 1611 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 4782 (KH-4A #1018) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-04-05 07:20 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 155 | Johnston LE-2 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1965-04-06 23:45 |
Delta D Delta D The Delta D, Thrust Augmented Delta or Thor-Delta D was an American expendable launch system used to launch two communications satellites in 1964 and 1965. It was derived from the Delta C, and was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 426 Delta 30 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Intelsat I Intelsat I Intelsat I was the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, on April 6, 1965... (Intelsat-1-1 / Early Bird) |
Communication satellite | GTO | Successful | Performed first trans-continental satellite TV broadcast. |
| 1965-04-29 21:44 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 437 Agena 1614 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 5023 (KH-4A #1019) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-05-18 18:02 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 438 Agena 1615 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 8431 (KH-4A #1021) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-05-20 16:30 |
Thor Burner 1 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 282 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-3B-F3 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1965-05-29 12:00 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 441 Delta 31 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Explorer 28 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (IMP-C) |
Interplanetary space research satellite | HEO | Successful | |
| 1965-06-09 21:53 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 444 Agena 1613 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 8425 (KH-4A #1020) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-06-24 22:35 |
Thor-Ablestar | Thor 447 Ablestar 019 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 8480 (Transit O-4) | Navigation | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-07-02 04:04 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 415 Delta 32 |
CCAFS LC-17B | TIROS-10 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1965-07-17 05:55 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 422 Agena 2702 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 8411 (Samos-F3 #4 ) | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-07-19 22:01 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 446 Agena 1617 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 5543 (KH-4A #1022) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-08-13 22:11 |
Thor-Ablestar | Thor 455 Ablestar 020 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OPS 8464 (Transit O-5) Dodecapole 2 Tempsat 1 Surcal 5 Long Rod 1 Calsphere 2 |
Navigation Calibration |
LEO | Success | Final flight of Thor-Ablestar |
| 1965-08-17 20:59 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 449 Agena 1618 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 7208 (KH-4A #1023) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-08-25 15:17 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 434 Delta 33 |
CCAFS LC-17B | OSO-C Orbiting Solar Observatory The Orbiting Solar Observatory Program was the name of a series of nine American science satellites primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments. Eight were launched successfully by NASA between 1962 and 1975 using Delta rockets... |
Solar observation satellite | planned: LEO | Failure | Stage 3 ignited prematurely before stage 2 separation. |
| 1965-09-02 20:00 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 401 Agena 1602 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | Star-Rad 2 | Military nuclear radiation surveillance satellite | planned: MEO | Failure | Agena-D failed; destroyed by range safety. |
| 1965-09-10 04:41 |
Thor Burner 1 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 213 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-3B-F4 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1965-09-22 21:31 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 458 Agena 1619 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 7221 (KH-4A #1024) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-10-05 17:45 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 433 Agena 1616 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 5325 (KH-4A #1025) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-10-14 13:11 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 435 Agena 680 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | OGO-2 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory Orbiting Geophysical Observatory refers to the six satellites launched by the United States that were in use from September 1964 to 1972, designed to study the Earth's magnetosphere. The satellites successfully studied the interactions between the Earth and the Sun, despite a number of technical... |
Magnetosphere research satellite | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-10-28 21:17 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 439 Agena 1620 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 2155 (KH-4A #1026) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-11-06 18:43 |
Delta E Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 457 Delta 34 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Explorer 29 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (GEOS-A) |
Geodetic research satellite | MEO | Successful | |
| 1965-11-29 04:48 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Thor 453 Agena 6102 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Alouette 2 Alouette 2 Alouette 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 04:48 UTC on November 29, 1965 by a Thor Agena rocket with Explorer 31 from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California... / Explorer 31 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (DME) |
Ionospheric research satellite / Ionospheric research satellite | MEO | Successful | |
| 1965-12-07 02:28 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 188 | Johnston LE-2 | ASAT test / Satellite Inspection Test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1965-12-09 21:10 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 448 Agena 1621 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 7249 (KH-4A #1027) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1965-12-16 07:31 |
Delta E Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 460 Delta 35 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Pioneer 6 | Interplanetary space research probe | Heliocentric | Successful | Probe continues to work as of late 2000. |
| 1965-12-24 21:06 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 451 Agena 1610 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 4639 (KH-4A #1028) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
1966 |
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| 1966-01-08 04:48 |
Thor Burner 1 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 251 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-3B-F5 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | planned: LEO / SSO | Failure | FW-4S second stage motor failed to ignite. |
| 1966-01-18 18:11 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 242 | Johnston LE-2 | ASAT test / Satellite Inspection Test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1966-02-02 21:32 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 450 Agena 1623 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 7291 (KH-4A #1029) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1966-02-03 07:41 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 445 Delta 36 |
CCAFS LC-17A | ESSA-1 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1966-02-09 19:45 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 428 Agena 2703 |
VAFB LC-75-1-2 | OPS 1439 (Samos-F3 #5 ) | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1966-02-28 13:58 |
Delta E Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 461 Delta 37 |
CCAFS LC-17B | ESSA-2 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1966-03-09 22:02 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 452 Agena 1622 |
VAFB LC-75-3-4 | OPS 3488 (KH-4A #1030) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1966-03-12 00:42 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 196 | Johnston LE-2 | ASAT test / Satellite Inspection Test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1966-03-31 05:41 |
Thor Burner 1 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 147 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-3B-F6 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1966-04-07 22:02 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 474 Agena 1627 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 1612 (KH-4A #1031) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1966-05-03 19:25 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 465 Agena 1625 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 1508 (KH-4A #1032) | Reconnaissance | planned: LEO | Failure | |
| 1966-05-15 07:55 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-B | Thor 456 Agena 6202 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | Nimbus-2 Nimbus program The Nimbus satellites were second-generation U.S. robotic spacecraft used for meteorological research and development. The spacecraft were designed to serve as stabilized, Earth-oriented platforms for the testing of advanced systems to sense and collect atmospheric science data... |
Weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Success | |
| 1966-05-24 02:00 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 469 Agena 1630 |
VAFB PALC-1-1 | OPS 1778 (KH-4A #1033) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1966-05-25 14:00 |
Delta C1 Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 436 Delta 38 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Explorer 32 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (AE-B) |
Atmospheric research Satellite | LEO | Successful | |
| 1966-06-21 21:31 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 466 Agena 1626 |
VAFB LC-75-3-5 | OPS 1599 (KH-4A #1034) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1966-06-24 00:12 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 473 Agena 631 |
VAFB LC-75-1-1 | PAGEOS-1 | Geodesic research satellite | MEO | Success | |
| 1966-07-01 16:04 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 467 Delta 39 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Explorer 33 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (IMP-D) |
Magnetosphere research Satellite | HEO | Successful | |
| 1966-07-02 22:53 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 289 | Johnston LE-2 | ASAT test / Satellite Inspection Test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1966-08-09 20:46 |
Thor 506 Agena 1631 |
VAFB SLC-1W | KH-4A (S/N 1036) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | Maiden flight of Thorad-Agena | |
| 1966-08-17 15:20 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 462 Delta 40 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Pioneer 7 | Interplanetary space research probe | Heliocentric | Successful | |
| 1966-09-16 04:36 |
Thor Burner 2 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 167 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-4A-F1 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1966-09-20 21:14 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 477 Agena 1628 |
VAFB SLC-3W | OPS 1703 (KH-4A #1035) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1966-10-02 10:34 |
Delta E Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 463 Delta 41 |
VAFB SLC-2E | ESSA-3 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | First Delta launch from VAFB |
| 1966-10-26 23:05 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 464 Delta 42 |
CCAFS SLC-17B | Intelsat 2-1 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | GTO | Successful | |
| 1966-11-08 19:53 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 507 Agena 1632 |
VAFB SLC-1W | KH-4A (S/N 1037) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1966-12-14 19:26 |
Delta G Delta G The Delta G, or Thor-Delta G was an American expendable launch system used to launch two biological research satellites in 1966 and 1967. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 471 Delta 43 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Biosatellite 1 | Life science research satellite | LEO | Successful | |
| 1966-12-29 12:00 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 459 Agena 2731 |
VAFB SLC-2W | OPS 1584 (Samos-F3 #6 ) | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
1967 |
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| 1967-01-11 10:55 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 468 Delta 44 |
CCAFS SLC-17B | Intelsat 2-2 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | GTO | Successful | |
| 1967-01-14 21:28 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 495 Agena 1629 |
VAFB SLC-2W | OPS 1664 (KH-4A #1038) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1967-01-26 17:31 |
Delta E Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 472 Delta 45 |
VAFB SLC-2E | ESSA-4 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1967-02-08 08:00 |
Thor Burner 2 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 169 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-4A-F2 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1967-02-22 22:02 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 493 Agena 1635 |
VAFB SLC-2W | OPS 4750 (KH-4A #1039) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1967-03-08 16:19 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 431 Delta 46 |
CCAFS LC-17A | OSO-3 Orbiting Solar Observatory The Orbiting Solar Observatory Program was the name of a series of nine American science satellites primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments. Eight were launched successfully by NASA between 1962 and 1975 using Delta rockets... |
Solar observation satellite | LEO | Successful | |
| 1967-03-23 01:30 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 470 Delta 47 |
CCAFS SLC-17B | Intelsat 2-3 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | GTO | Successful | |
| 1967-03-30 18:54 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 501 Agena 1636 |
VAFB SLC-2W | OPS 4779 (KH-4A #1040) | Reconnaissance | LEO | Success | |
| 1967-03-31 06:44 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 168 | Johnston LE-1 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1967-04-20 11:17 |
Delta E Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 484 Delta 48 |
VAFB SLC-2E | ESSA-5 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1967-05-09 21:50 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 508 Agena 1634 |
VAFB SLC-1E | KH-4A (S/N 1041) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 731 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | planned: LEO | Partial failure | Rocket failed to cut off, resulting in incorrect, but usable orbit |
| 1967-05-24 14:06 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 486 Delta 49 |
VAFB SLC-2E | Explorer 34 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (IMP-F) |
Interplanetary space research satellite | HEO | Successful | |
| 1967-05-31 09:30 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Thor 443 Agena 2704 |
VAFB SLC-2W | Timation 1 / GGSE 4 / GGSE 5 / Poppy 5 Poppy (satellite) POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded ELINT data, targeting radar installations in the Soviet Union and Soviet naval ships at sea.... / Calsphere 3 / Calsphere 4 / Surcal 152 / Surcal 153 / Surcal 150B |
Experimental navigation satellite / Technological research satellite / ELINT / Technological research satellites (x5) | LEO | Successful | Final flight of the original Thor-Agena series. |
| 1967-06-16 21:35 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 509 Agena 1633 |
VAFB SLC-1W | KH-4A (S/N 1042) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 725 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1967-06-29 21:01 |
Thor Burner 2 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 171 | VAFB SLC-10W | Aurora (P67-1) Space Test Program The Space Test Program is the primary provider of spaceflight for the United States Department of Defense space science and technology community. STP is conducted by the Space Development and Test Wing of the United States Air Force... / SECOR-9 SECOR SECOR spacecraft are satellites used by the United States armed forces for geodesy measurements that precisely determined the locations of points on the Earth's surface. Experiments with these spacecraft led to the Timation and GPS Navstar systems. SECOR 1 was launched on 11 January 1964 and SECOR... |
Magnetosphere research satellite / Geodesic research satellite | MEO | Successful | |
| 1967-07-19 14:19 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 488 Delta 50 |
CCAFS SLC-17B | Explorer 35 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (IMP-E) |
Interplanetary space research satellite | Lunar Orbit | Successful | |
| 1967-07-25 03:48 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 496 Agena 2732 |
VAFB SLC-2W | OPS 1879 (Samos-F3 #7 ) | ELINT | LEO | Success | |
| 1967-07-28 14:21 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 478 Agena 681 |
VAFB SLC-2E | OGO-4 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory Orbiting Geophysical Observatory refers to the six satellites launched by the United States that were in use from September 1964 to 1972, designed to study the Earth's magnetosphere. The satellites successfully studied the interactions between the Earth and the Sun, despite a number of technical... |
Magnetosphere research satellite | LEO | Success | |
| 1967-08-07 21:44 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 510 Agena 1637 |
VAFB SLC-1E | KH-4A (S/N 1043) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1967-08-23 04:41 |
Thor Burner 2 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 266 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-4A-F3 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1967-09-07 22:04 |
Delta G Delta G The Delta G, or Thor-Delta G was an American expendable launch system used to launch two biological research satellites in 1966 and 1967. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 475 Delta 51 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Biosatellite 2 | Life science research satellite | LEO | Successful | |
| 1967-09-15 19:41 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 512 Agena 1641 |
VAFB SLC-1W | KH-4B (S/N 1101) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | First KH-4B satellite |
| 1967-09-28 00:45 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 442 Delta 52 |
CCAFS SLC-17B | Intelsat 2-4 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | GTO | Successful | |
| 1967-10-11 07:57 |
Thor Burner 2 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 268 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-4A-F4 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1967-10-18 16:04 |
Delta C Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 490 Delta 53 |
CCAFS LC-17B | OSO-4 Orbiting Solar Observatory The Orbiting Solar Observatory Program was the name of a series of nine American science satellites primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments. Eight were launched successfully by NASA between 1962 and 1975 using Delta rockets... |
Solar observation satellite | LEO | Successful | |
| 1967-11-02 21:31 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 513 Agena 1639 |
VAFB SLC-1E | KH-4A (S/N 1044) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 733 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1967-11-10 18:00 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 480 Delta 54 |
VAFB SLC-2E | ESSA-6 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1967-12-09 22:26 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 514 Agena 1642 |
VAFB SLC-1W | KH-4B (S/N 1102) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1967-12-13 14:08 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 489 Delta 55 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Pioneer 8 / TTS-1 | Interplanetary space research probe / Technology demonstration satellite | Heliocentric | Successful | |
1968 |
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| 1968-01-11 16:19 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 454 Delta 56 |
VAFB SLC-2E | Explorer 36 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (GEOS-B) |
Geodetic research satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1968-01-17 10:12 |
TAT SLV-2A Agena-D | Thor 498 Agena 2733 |
VAFB SLC-2W | OPS 1965 (Samos-F3 #8 ) | ELINT | LEO | Success | Final flight of the TAT Thor-Agena series. |
| 1968-01-24 22:26 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 516 Agena 1640 |
VAFB SLC-1E | KH-4A (S/N 1045) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 741 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-03-14 22:00 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 518 Agena 1638 |
VAFB SLC-1E | KH-4A (S/N 1046) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 747 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-05-01 21:31 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 511 Agena 1643 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4B (S/N 1103) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 807 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-05-14 07:05 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 205 | Johnston LE-1 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1968-05-18 08:23 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 520 Agena 6221 |
VAFB SLC-2E | Nimbus B/EGRS-10 SECOR SECOR spacecraft are satellites used by the United States armed forces for geodesy measurements that precisely determined the locations of points on the Earth's surface. Experiments with these spacecraft led to the Timation and GPS Navstar systems. SECOR 1 was launched on 11 January 1964 and SECOR... |
Weather Satellite / Geodesic research satellite | planned: LEO / SSO | Failure | Failed to reach orbit |
| 1968-05-23 04:38 |
Thor Burner 2 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 277 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-4B-F1 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1968-06-20 21:46 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 517 Agena 1645 |
VAFB SLC-1E | KH-4A (S/N 1047) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 745 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-07-04 17:31 |
Delta J Delta J The Delta J, or Thor-Delta J was an American expendable launch system of the late 1960s. Only one was launched, with the Explorer 38 spacecraft. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 476 Delta 57 |
VAFB SLC-2E | Explorer 38 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (RAE-A) |
Radio astronomy satellite | MEO | Successful | |
| 1968-08-07 21:36 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 522 Agena 1644 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4B (S/N 1104) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-08-16 11:31 |
Delta N Delta N The Delta N or Thor-Delta N was an American expendable launch system used for nine orbital launches between 1968 and 1972. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets, and the last Delta to be given an alphabetical designation - subsequent rockets were designated using a four digit numerical... |
Thor 528 Delta 58 |
VAFB SLC-2E | ESSA-7 TIROS TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth. This initial remote-sensing effort was significant because it enabled Earth... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | Maiden Flight of the Long Tank Thor-Delta |
| 1968-09-18 21:32 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 524 Agena 1647 |
VAFB SLC-1E | KH-4A (S/N 1048) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 749 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-09-19 00:09 |
Delta M Delta M The Delta M or Thor-Delta M was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1968 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 529 Delta 59 |
CCAFS SLC-17A | Intelsat 3-1 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | planned: GTO | Failure | Pitch gyroscope failed at T+20 seconds caused loss of attitude control. |
| 1968-10-05 11:16 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 521 Agena 2734 |
VAFB SLC-1W | Ferret 13 (OPS 0964) | ELINT | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-10-23 04:34 |
Thor Burner 2 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 173 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-4B-F2 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1968-11-03 21:30 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 515 Agena 1646 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4B (S/N 1105) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 741 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-11-08 09:46 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 479 Delta 60 |
CCAFS LC-17B | Pioneer 9 / TTS-2 | Interplanetary space research probe / Technology demonstration satellite | Heliocentric | Successful | |
| 1968-11-20 07:08 |
Thor DSV-2J | Thor 252 | Johnston LE-1 | ASAT test | Suborbital | Success | ||
| 1968-12-05 18:55 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 481 Delta 61 |
CCAFS LC-17B | HEOS-A | Magnetosphere research satellite | HEO | Successful | |
| 1968-12-12 22:22 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 527 Agena 1648 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4A (S/N 1049) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 751 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1968-12-15 17:17 |
Delta N Delta N The Delta N or Thor-Delta N was an American expendable launch system used for nine orbital launches between 1968 and 1972. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets, and the last Delta to be given an alphabetical designation - subsequent rockets were designated using a four digit numerical... |
Thor 532 Delta 62 |
VAFB SLC-2E | ESSA-8 ESSA-8 ESSA-8 was a weather satellite launched by NASA on December 15, 1968. It operated for 2,644 days until it was deactivated on March 12, 1976. ESSA-8 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1968-12-19 00:32 |
Delta M Delta M The Delta M or Thor-Delta M was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1968 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 536 Delta 63 |
CCAFS SLC-17A | Intelsat 3-2 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | GTO | Successful | |
1969 |
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| 1969-01-22 16:48 |
Delta C1 Delta C The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 487 Delta 64 |
CCAFS LC-17B | OSO-5 Orbiting Solar Observatory The Orbiting Solar Observatory Program was the name of a series of nine American science satellites primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments. Eight were launched successfully by NASA between 1962 and 1975 using Delta rockets... |
Solar observation satellite | LEO | Successful | |
| 1969-01-30 06:43 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 485 Delta 65 |
VAFB SLC-2E | ISIS-1 | Ionosphere research satellite | MEO | Successful | |
| 1969-02-05 21:59 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 519 Agena 1650 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4B (S/N 1106) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 801R SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1969-02-06 00:39 |
Delta M Delta M The Delta M or Thor-Delta M was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1968 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 530 Delta 66 |
CCAFS SLC-17A | Intelsat 3-3 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | GTO | Successful | |
| 1969-02-26 07:47 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 483 Delta 67 |
CCAFS SLC-17B | ESSA-9 ESSA-9 ESSA-9, also known as TOS-G, was a meteorological satellite. ESSA-9 replaced the ESSA-7 satellite.-Launch & orbit:The ESSA-9 was launched on a three stage Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch occurred at 07:47 UTC on 26 February 1969. The spacecraft was placed in a sun-synchronous... |
Weather Satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1969-03-19 21:38 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 541 Agena 1651 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4B (S/N 1150) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 737 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | Satellite later failed |
| 1969-04-14 07:54 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 543 Agena 6222 |
VAFB SLC-2E | Nimbus 3/Secor 13 SECOR SECOR spacecraft are satellites used by the United States armed forces for geodesy measurements that precisely determined the locations of points on the Earth's surface. Experiments with these spacecraft led to the Timation and GPS Navstar systems. SECOR 1 was launched on 11 January 1964 and SECOR... |
Weather satellite / Geodesic research satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1969-05-02 01:46 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 544 Agena 1649 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4A (S/N 1051) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 739 SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1969-05-22 02:00 |
Delta M Delta M The Delta M or Thor-Delta M was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1968 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 533 Delta 68 |
CCAFS SLC-17A | Intelsat 3-4 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | GTO | Successful | |
| 1969-06-05 14:42 |
Thorad SLV-2H Agena-D Thorad-Agena The Thorad-Agena was an American expendable launch system, derived from the Thor and Delta rockets. The first stage of the rocket was the stretched variant of the Thor which had been developed for the Delta programme. The second stage was the Agena-D, which had already been used in conjunction with... |
Thor 526 Agena 6803 |
VAFB SLC-2E | OGO-6 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory Orbiting Geophysical Observatory refers to the six satellites launched by the United States that were in use from September 1964 to 1972, designed to study the Earth's magnetosphere. The satellites successfully studied the interactions between the Earth and the Sun, despite a number of technical... |
Magnetosphere research satellite | LEO | Successful | Maiden flight of SLV-2H |
| 1969-06-21 08:53 |
Delta E1 Delta E The Delta E, or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 482 Delta 69 |
VAFB SLC-2W | Explorer 41 Explorer program The Explorer program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Over 90 space missions have been launched from 1958 to 2011, and it is still active... (IMP-G) |
Interplanetary space research satellite | HEO | Successful | |
| 1969-06-29 13:26 |
Delta N Delta N The Delta N or Thor-Delta N was an American expendable launch system used for nine orbital launches between 1968 and 1972. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets, and the last Delta to be given an alphabetical designation - subsequent rockets were designated using a four digit numerical... |
Thor 539 Delta 70 |
CCAFS SLC-17A | Biosatellite 3 | Life science research satellite | LEO | Successful | |
| 1969-07-23 04:39 |
Thor Burner 2 Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976, to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly DMSP weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which... |
Thor 279 | VAFB SLC-10W | DMSP-4B-F3 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973... |
Military weather satellite | LEO / SSO | Successful | |
| 1969-07-24 01:30 |
Thorad SLV-2H Agena-D | Thor 545 Agena 1652 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4B (S/N 1107) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1969-07-26 02:06 |
Delta M Delta M The Delta M or Thor-Delta M was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1968 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 547 Delta 71 |
CCAFS SLC-17A | Intelsat 3-5 Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast... |
Communication Satellite | planned: GTO | Partial Failure | Stage 3 motor case ruptured, leaving spacecraft in unusable orbit |
| 1969-07-31 10:19 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 523 Agena 2735 |
VAFB SLC-1W | Ferret 14 (OPS 8285) | ELINT | LEO | Successful | |
| 1969-08-09 07:32 |
Delta N Delta N The Delta N or Thor-Delta N was an American expendable launch system used for nine orbital launches between 1968 and 1972. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets, and the last Delta to be given an alphabetical designation - subsequent rockets were designated using a four digit numerical... |
Thor 548 Delta 72 |
CCAFS LC-17A | OSO-6 Orbiting Solar Observatory The Orbiting Solar Observatory Program was the name of a series of nine American science satellites primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments. Eight were launched successfully by NASA between 1962 and 1975 using Delta rockets... / PAC-1 |
Solar observation satellite / Technology test | GTO | Successful | |
| 1969-08-27 21:59 |
Delta L Delta L The Delta L, Thor-Delta L, or Thrust-Augmented Long Tank Thor-Delta was an American expendable launch system used to launch the Pioneer E and TETR satellites in 1969 and HEOS satellite in 1972. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.The Delta L was a three stage rocket... |
Thor 540 Delta 73 |
CCAFS LC-17A | Pioneer E / TTS-3 | Interplanetary space research probe / Technology demonstration satellite | planned: Heliocentric | Failure | Stage 1 hydraulic oil relief valve leaked due to vibration, resulting in uncontrolled gimbaling of the engine nozzle and vehicle gyrations. |
| 1969-09-22 21:11 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 531 Agena 1653 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4A (S/N 1052) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... /SRV S/N 743R SRV SRV may refer to:In computing:*SRV record as used in the Domain Name System*/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systemsIn music:*Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |
| 1969-09-30 13:40 |
Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D | Thor 525 Agena Unknown |
VAFB SLC-1W | EHH B-17 (OPS 1807), Surcal (x5), Timation 2, Tempsat 2, SOICAL (x2) | Experimental navigation satellite / Radar calibration / Technological demonstration satellites (x7) | LEO | Successful | |
| 1969-11-22 00:37 |
Delta M Delta M The Delta M or Thor-Delta M was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1968 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.... |
Thor 554 Delta 74 |
CCAFS SLC-17A | Skynet 1A | Military communication Satellite | GTO | Successful | |
| 1969-12-04 21:37 |
Thorad SLV-2H Agena-D | Thor 549 Agena 1655 |
VAFB SLC-3W | KH-4B (S/N 1108) Corona (satellite) The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force... |
Reconnaissance | LEO | Successful | |