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Thor SLV-2A Agena D

McDonnell Douglas · Thor · RETIRED

Thor SLV-2A Agena D is an expendable launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas. It stands 31.0 m tall, first flew on 28 February 1963. It has flown 61 times with 57 successes, a success rate of 93.4%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height31.0 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight28 February 1963
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights61
Successful57
Failed4
Success rate93.4%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantSLV-2A Agena D

About Thor SLV-2A Agena D

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.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Thor SLV-2A Agena D is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Thor SLV-2A Agena D with Corona 96 (Jun 9 1965)
Thor SLV-2A Agena D with Corona 96 (Jun 9 1965)USAF · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Thor SLV-2A Agena D with KH-4A 1025
Thor SLV-2A Agena D with KH-4A 1025USAF/CIA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Thor SLV-2A Agena D with Corona 104 satellite
Thor SLV-2A Agena D with Corona 104 satelliteUSAF, CIA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Thor SLV-2A Agena D flown?
61 times, with 57 successes and 4 failures.
What is Thor SLV-2A Agena D's success rate?
93.4%. That's 57 successful flights out of 61 attempts.
How much can Thor SLV-2A Agena D lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Thor SLV-2A Agena D.
Is Thor SLV-2A Agena D reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Thor SLV-2A Agena D as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.